European history: Renaissance

A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a half-negro maidservant rides into Florence.

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** A gripping account of survival and recovery from internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie A masterpiece Extraordinary Daily Telegraph A story of hatred defeated by love Guardian On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was sitting onstage in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black black clothes, black mask rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife.

"De la mano del autor nos adentraremos en las situaciones más personales del descubridor.

Welche Menschen und Ideen prägten das Zeitalter der Renaissance, und wie prägten diese die nachfolgenden Epochen?

"Este libro es algo diferente, tiene algo especial.

La de Martin Guerre es la historia de una impostura.

Desde la escandalosa Roma del Renacimiento hasta Inocencio X y el asentamiento del Barroco: Conozca la Roma contrarreformista, la vida viciosa que impulso a Lutero, las costumbres licenciosas, el nepotismo pontificio desde los inicios del siglo XVI hasta mediados del XVII, una época marcada por profundos cambios culturales, religiosos y sociales, con grandes pensadores, científicos y artistas.

"El libro cuenta la evolución histórica en lo que se refiere a tácticas y tecnología (armamento) desde la Edad Moderna " toma de Constantinopla por los turcos en 1453 " hasta el 11-S y el derrocamiento de Sadam Hussein en Irak.

A gripping novel of love, passion, betrayal and heartbreak.

A contemporary collection of stories by one of France's finest writers.

A new novel from one of Britain's best-loved writer, Brian Aldiss OBE, set in and around his home-town of Oxford.

'What a wonderful storyteller Maitland is' THE TIMESDANIEL PURSGLOVE BOOK THREEFrom the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer.

La historiografía oficial ha dedicado escaso eco a las personas que ostentaron la titularidad de la dinastía carlista, la otra dinastía, desde su emerger en 1833 hasta nuestros días.

Rescatamos los pensamientos que Francesco Guicciardini, el gran padre de la historiografía moderna, escribió bajo el título de Ricordi.

Thomas Cromwell, the king's Principal Secretary, Mark Smeaton, court songster and musician, and Henry VIII are all caught up in Anne Boleyn's catastrophic fall from power and grisly death.

William Shakespeare is the world's best-loved playwright.

The Reformation is one of the most important events in world history.

Léon geht von einem streng materialistischen Standpunkt an die jüdische Frage heran: Nicht die jüdische Religion und Kultur erklärt seiner Ansicht nach, weshalb sich die Juden als gesonderte gesellschaftliche Gruppe erhalten haben, sondern ihre Rolle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Léon geht von einem streng materialistischen Standpunkt an die jüdische Frage heran: Nicht die jüdische Religion und Kultur erklärt seiner Ansicht nach, weshalb sich die Juden als gesonderte gesellschaftliche Gruppe erhalten haben, sondern ihre Rolle in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Everything you see and experience these days started from small beginnings.

Everything you see and experience these days started from small beginnings.

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places.

'Alison Weir transforms Henry VIII's much-maligned fourth wife into a woman of passion, courage and mystery' Tracy Borman Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession and Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, paints a spellbinding portrait of Anna of Kleve, Henry VIII's fourth queen.

This book must be one of the best references in the science's invention department of the renaissance.

Religion and politics during the Renaissance period could be complex topics for young learners to digest, don't you think?

Todo parece que comenzó un día indeterminado de un año también impreciso en torno a 1550.

Leonardo Da Vinci was a great man with many achievements.

GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS' ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN 2017'A ripping read .

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most popular empires in history.

Religion and politics during the Renaissance period could be complex topics for young learners to digest, don't you think?

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most popular empires in history.

Leonardo Da Vinci was a great man with many achievements.

How you live today is very different from how a Renaissance child lived.

Set in Renaissance Florence, The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D.

The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning AuthorWinner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best NovelCeremonial murder has returned to Florence.

City of Vengeance is an explosive debut novel by D.

During the Renaissance period, artists and scientists were considered as the highest individuals in society.

'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history' In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power.

The renaissance period is long gone but its influence can still be felt up until the present times.

Before a great discovery, the Renaissance scientists had to endure long days of working in sometimes unhygienic places.

It is said "e;God is Great"e;.

Pretty tails belong to the most magnificent sea creatures!

The renaissance period has so much to share and to teach today's young children.

Parallel zum Wiedererstarken von Religion im öffentlichen Raum formiert sich auch ein neuer Atheismus.

How you live today is very different from how a Renaissance child lived.

The renaissance period has so much to share and to teach today's young children.

Pretty tails belong to the most magnificent sea creatures!

This book must be one of the best references in the science's invention department of the renaissance.

»Über den Nahen Osten und den dortigen Dauerkonflikt kursieren Schlagwörter und Klischees, die zwar einiges über die Weltsicht derjenigen, die sie formulieren, aussagen, aber wenig über die dortigen Verhältnisse.

The Renaissance period is widely celebrated for the artistic advancements that happened during the time.