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From New York Times bestselling author Ross King, the storied rise and reign of the greatest empire and most influential civilization of the ancient Western world For who is so indifferent or indolent as not to wish to know by what means the Romans succee
'Compelling... fascinating' Spectator 'Abounding with excellent little stories' Financial Times This is the story of one of the most magnificent achievements of the Italian Renaissance, and the architect behind it. Even in an age of soarin
The calendar. The Senate. The university. The piano, the heliocentric model, and the pizzeria. It's hard to imagine a world without Italian influence--and easy to assume that inventions like these could only come from a strong, stable peninsula, sure
For more than five centuries The Last Supper has been an artistic, religious and cultural icon. The art historian Kenneth Clark called it 'the keystone of European art', and for a century after its creation it was regarded as nothing less than a m
'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNAL The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects.
Italien var centrum for Europas første store imperium og hjemsted for renæssancen. Landets politiske og kulturelle indflydelse har gjort sig gældende overalt på kloden, og i dag er det et af verdens mest populære rejsemål Italiens befolkning på 60 millio
From the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Leonardo and the Last Supper , the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In 1508, despite stron
A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold moves betwe
I Brunelleschis kuppel får vi historien om den egensindige hovedbygmester Filippo Brunelleschi, hvis liv var fyldt med ambitioner, opfindsomhed, intriger - og ikke mindst hans livslange rivaliseren med Lorenzo Ghiberti. Fortællingen udspiller sig på baggr