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Beauty, make-up, art, power: How to Be a Renaissance Woman presents an alternative history of this period as told by the women behind the paintings, providing a window into their often overlooked or silenced lives. Can the pressures women feel to look good be traced back to the sixteenth century?...

England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest takes you through the mists of time to the rugged landscape of the British Isles. Over the course of 24 sweeping lectures, Professor Jennifer Paxton of The Catholic University of America surveys the forging of a great nation from a series of warring kingdoms and migrating peoples. From Germanic tribes to Viking invasions to Irish missionaries, she brings to life an underexamined time and place.

Descubra el primer gran estilo artístico europeo, desde los ostrogodos y Carlomagno hasta su propagación por Europa a través del Camino de Santiago. Adéntrese en el recóndito mundo del arco de medio punto.... Conozca el arte románico, el primer estilo artístico preeminentemente cristiano en el que se agruparon el arte romano, germánico, bizantino, visigodo, y mozárabe. Con Breve historia del Románico el oyente conocerá el desarrollo de la sociedad, el arte y la cultura a lo largo de la Alta Edad Media.

George Eliot's first full-length novel Adam Bede is a profound rendering of 19th century English pastoral life. This timeless story of seduction and betrayal follows the virtuous carpenter Adam Bede, whose world is soon disrupted when the all-too-beautiful Hetty betrays him for another villager. Her actions precipitate a turmoil of tragic events that shake the very foundations of their serene rural community.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Postwar by Tony Judt, read by Ralph Cosham. Tracing the story of post-war Europe and its changing role in the world, Judt's magnificent history of the continent of our times investigates the political, social and cultural history of Europe from the...

The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers new answers to some of the biggest questions in history: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? And, above all, why did Europeans come to dominate the world?

What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete, what the fascists did rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time. From the first violent uniformed bands beating up "enemies of the state", through Mussolini's rise to power, to Germany's fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not others.

The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society - not just for France, but for all of Europe. An account of the events alone reads like something out of a thrilling novel.

By the acclaimed journalist and New York Times best-selling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.

Dealing with war on a giant scale, The Grand Alliance focuses on events as Britain, after fighting a desperate battle alone, was joined in the struggle against the enemy by Soviet Russia and the United Sates. Hitler's invasion of Russia brought to an end a period of almost exactly a year during which Britain and her Empire had stood alone. Six months later, the United States, attacked by Japan, joined the war and the Grand Alliance was born.

The definitive history of Hitler and Stalin's politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century, from the author of the international bestseller, On Tyranny. Americans call the Second World War "the Good War." But before it even began...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it remains controversial. It is often seen as the fountainhead of modern values such as human rights, religious toleration, freedom of thought, scientific...

狂信的なイデオロギーと過酷な現実との乖離がいかに巨大な帝国を崩壊へ導いたのか、第二次世界大戦における極限の意思決定を解き明かし、現代に通じる戦略的教訓を提示する歴史ノンフィクションです。毎日の通勤電...

ローマ帝国崩壊の混乱から新たな国家がいかにして誕生したのか、アングロ・サクソンの足跡をたどりながらイングランドという複雑なアイデンティティの源泉を解き明かす没入型歴史ドキュメンタリー。毎日の通勤時間...

分断された社会が暴力へと転じる恐怖と、民主主義と独裁の激しい衝突を描き出すスペイン内戦の歴史ドラマが、あなたの知的好奇心を強く刺激します。単なる過去の出来事ではなく、現代を生きる私たちが直面する危う...

略奪と交易に生きた荒ぶるヴァイキングの時代から、世界最高水準の社会保障を誇る現代の福祉国家へ、千年にわたる激動の北欧史をわずか二時間で鮮やかに追体験できる歴史ドラマが開幕します。満員電車に揺られる通...

Immerse yourself in epic Greek mythology where flawed gods and cunning heroes clash over power, desire, and vengeance. Whether you are seeking a dramatic escape on your daily commute or reflecting on human nature, this immersive audiobook delivers. Witness divine rulers who behave with shocking...

古代ローマの壮大な興亡からルネサンスの絢爛たる芸術、そして権力闘争の果ての近代国家誕生まで、地中海の交差点で三千年にわたり繰り返された分断と統合の歴史ドラマを鮮明に描き出します。朝の通勤時間や夜の静...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. *The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle* is one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most charming, festive Sherlock Holmes mysteries, set on Christmas days in Victorian London, blending brilliant deductive reasoning, accidental treasure, and unexpected mercy. The...

暗黒時代とも呼ばれる中世ヨーロッパの1000年を、誇り高き騎士の誕生と絶望をもたらすペストの猛威、そして人々の心を繋ぐ信仰という3つのレンズを通して鮮やかに描き出す、没入型歴史ドキュメンタリーです。毎日の...