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Explore the epic political history of a farming village that conquered the Mediterranean before destroying itself. This immersive journey through ancient warfare and social revolution is the perfect companion for your daily commute. Follow the gripping timeline of citizen-soldiers, charismatic...

Experience two millennia of dramatic Jewish history and cultural resilience within the mighty shadow of Ancient Rome. Perfect for your daily commute or a focused learning session, this immersive historical narrative reveals how a marginalized diaspora negotiated power, preserved their ancient...

Experience the epic historical rebirth of an ancient empire transformed into a sprawling modern European metropolis. Perfect for an engaging commute or immersive armchair travel, this sweeping narrative traces a muddy village on the Tiber evolving into an architectural wonder. Witness how...

Discover the epic Italian history of a maritime empire built by desperate refugees on unforgiving mudflats. Transform your daily commute into an immersive journey through the brackish Adriatic lagoon, where human ingenuity defied nature. This evocative narrative captures the precarious rise of a...

A thrilling history of Florence's most famous family, the Medicis, from thrilling heights to the end of an astonishing era. At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. This enthralling book charts the family's huge influence on the political, economic and cultural history of Florence.

The gripping story of how Sicily won its bloody war with the mafia, but succumbed to corruption, fury, and paranoia. For 150 years, the mafia—aka Cosa Nostra—controlled the island of Sicily ruthlessly. As its politicians raked off vast wealth from public funds and its racketeers leeched...

Immerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome - from its origins as a small settlement on the Palatine Hill to its peak as an empire reigning over 90 million people, and its tumultuous decline. Covering more than 1,000 years of history, and an empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria...

Ein zeitloser Klassiker über Macht und politische Strategie, jetzt als Hörbuch in modernem Deutsch, mit vollständiger Erhaltung von Struktur und Bedeutung des Originals. Seit über 500 Jahren zählt Der Fürst von Niccolò Machiavelli zu den einflussreichsten Werken über Führung, Politik und menschliche Natur. Diese vollständige Hörbuchausgabe bringt seine Einsichten in einer zeilengetreuen Modernisierung zum heutigen Publikum, klar verständlich, kraftvoll gesprochen und dem Original in Ton und Botschaft treu.

The fascinating, never-before-told story of Arcangela Tarabotti, a 17th century Venetian nun who set the European literary world alight, advocating for women and combatting misogyny in her time. Set amid the extravagance of 17th-century Venice, Arcangela unearths the biography of an iconoclastic...

Sizilien, 1893: Ein Notar wird im Zug nach Palermo brutal ermordet – ein Verbrechen, das als einer der ersten prominenten Mafia-Morde in die Geschichte eingehen sollte. Doch wie wurde aus lokalen Schutzgruppen auf Zitronenplantagen ein globales kriminelles Imperium, das heute bis tief in die deutsche Wirtschaft reicht? In dieser Ausgabe von Erzähl mir alles: Geschichte räumen die Hosts Jasmin Kröger und Robert Rauh mit der gefährlichen Gangsterromantik auf. Gemeinsam mit Experten und Expertinnen blicken sie hinter die Kulissen von „Der Pate" und Co.

"A bold and glorious book . . . brilliantly crafted at the level of the sentence and image, adventurous in its forms and tones, and its themes—memory, love, loss, care, value—are as embracing and urgent as they come. It’s magnificent."—Robert Macfarlane, author of Is a River Alive? My...

Il Vaticano è un luogo unico, un'isola di ineguagliabile bellezza. Nelle sue pietre sono incisi quasi due millenni di eventi tumultuosi, di ardente spiritualità, aberrante crudeltà e fuoco creativo. Oggi è lo Stato più piccolo del mondo, ma in esso è concentrato un patrimonio culturale e artistico immenso.

Meet the rulers who built, ruled, and nearly destroyed the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire didn’t rise by accident. It was shaped by emperors who ruled through brilliance, brutality, vision, fear—and sometimes madness.

When, near the end of the Seven Years War, Edward Carlisle’s ship Dartmouth was lost on the shoals inside Cape Henry, he envisaged himself settling down to the life of a wealthy gentleman in Virginia’s capital, Williamsburg, with his wife Chiara. He wouldn’t seek another ship, and he wouldn’t pester their Lordships of the Admiralty; his seagoing days were over. However, it was not to be. He’d always known that there was some dark secret in Chiara’s past, and news from Sardinia made it imperative that it should no longer be ignored.

Bloomsbury presents… Rome: Eternal City Standard pronunciation Written and read by Ferdinand Addis The sweeping story of the city of Rome, told through twenty-two moments that shaped its history. ***A Times History Book of the Year*** 'Vivid, pacey... Superb' The Times. 'Grand narrative...

Intorno alle stragi del 1993, nonostante i trent'anni trascorsi e le numerose sentenze giunte all'ultimo grado di giudizio, permangono ancora molti misteri e opacità. Tanto che sono tuttora in corso inchieste sui «concorrenti esterni» per la collocazione delle bombe esplose a Firenze, Milano e Roma che causarono dieci morti e centosei feriti. A ricostruire le inchieste nei particolari ed evidenziarne il rilievo è ora questo libro che segue il filo rosso che porta agli assassini di Falcone e Borsellino ma anche a quello di don Pino Puglisi.

Todos los imperios de la historia se han presentado como herederos de los antiguos romanos: el Imperio romano de Oriente, el Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico de Carlomagno, Moscú, "la tercera Roma", los imperios napoleónico y británico, los regímenes fascista y nazi, el imperio americano o el virtual de Mark Zuckerberg, un gran admirador de Augusto. Este libro explica la legendaria fundación de Roma, desde el mito literario de Eneas y de Rómulo, hasta la cristianización del imperio, pasando por la era republicana, la extraordina- ria historia de Julio César y de Octavio Augusto o la época de Constantino.

Conoce usted TODA la historia de la Casa de Borja, desde su ascenso desde la oscuridad hasta las más altas esferas de la sociedad europea? La familia dio dos papas y un santo, pero es más conocida por sus historias de asesinatos, libertinaje e incesto. Qué es cierto y qué es simple calumnia? Fueron los Borja peores que cualquier otra familia poderosa de la época? Era Rodrigo Borja, quien se convirtió en el papa Alejandro VI, un monstruo? Era su hijo César un psicópata? Era su hija Lucrecia una tentadora asesina?

Il 20 settembre 1943 alle quindici e trenta un manipolo di ufficiali nazisti varca la soglia di palazzo Koch, elegante sede della Banca d'Italia. Fra loro c'è il tenente colonnello delle ss Herbert Kappler, comandante dello spionaggio hitleriano. I tedeschi presentano le loro richieste al governatore Vincenzo Azzolini: vogliono l'oro della Banca d'Italia, tutto l'oro. In quel momento, nei suoi caveau, l'istituto di via Nazionale ne custodisce quasi 120 tonnellate.

"История Рима" Теодора Моммзена уже давно стала достоянием науки. Этот энциклопедический труд, переведенный на все основные европейские языки, был впервые опубликован в России еще в 1858 году, в трех объемистых томах. А полвека спустя из печати вышел сокращенный вариант, подготовленный историком Н. Д. Чечулиным. В таком виде эта книга, нисколько не утратившая своих достоинств, стала доступна всем, кого интересует история европейской цивилизации.