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The Borgias
Constable & Robinson 2011; US$ 13.11The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI, was the central figure of the dynasty. Two of his seven papal offspring also rose to power and fame - Lucrezia Borgia, his daughter, whose husband was famously... more...
Florence
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableThis book is as captivating as the city itself. Hibbert's gift is weaving political, social and art history into an elegantly readable and marvellously lively whole. The author's book on Florence will also be at once a history and a guide book and will be enhanced by splendid photographs and illustrations and line drawings which will describe all teh... more...
The French Revolution
Penguin Books Ltd 2001; Not AvailableConcise, convincing and exciting, this is Christopher Hibbert?s brilliant account of the events that shook eighteenth-century Europe to its foundation. With a mixture of lucid storytelling and fascinating detail, he charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through... more...
Rome
Penguin Books Ltd 2001; Not AvailableThis beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city?s quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle... more...
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
Penguin Books Ltd 2001; Not AvailableAt its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family?s huge influence on the political, economic and cultural... more...
The Days of the French Revolution
HarperCollins 2012; US$ 13.99Works from Les Misirables by Victor Hugo to Citizens by Simon Schama have been inspired by the French Revolution. Now available for the first time in years, The Days of the French Revolution brings to life the events that changed the future of Western civilization. As compelling as any fiction thriller, this real-life drama moves from the storming... more...
The House Of Medici
HarperCollins 2012; US$ 13.99It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global... more...
Queen Victoria: A Personal History
HarperCollins Publishers 2010; Not AvailableChristopher Hibbert?s acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself. more...
Napoleon: His Wives and Women
HarperCollins Publishers 2010; Not AvailableA masterly biography of Napoleon, concentrating on his private life, by the historian described by Stella Tillyard as ?a master portraitist of great men?s private lives? and by Amanda Foreman as ?one of England?s greatest living historical writers?. more...
Disraeli: A Personal History
HarperCollins Publishers 2010; Not AvailableDisraeli is one of the most fascinating men of the 19th century. This masterly biography, written by an outstanding popular historian, concentrates on his intriguing private life. more...









