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Step into Renaissance Florence, where a flawed block of marble became art history’s most immortal masterpiece. Rival factions, ambitious patrons, and fiery preachers collide in a fragile republic desperate for a civic talisman. Amidst this turbulence, a fiercely competitive young visionary...

Experience the gripping military history of societal collapse as an eternal empire faces catastrophic siege warfare. Perfect for a thought-provoking morning commute, this dramatic narrative plunges you directly into the turbulent, panicked streets of antiquity. Watch anxious emperors and...

Immerse yourself in gripping Renaissance history as a modest Tuscan commune transforms into a ruthless banking empire. Perfect for your daily commute or preparing for an Italian getaway, this atmospheric narrative plunges you into the tumultuous birth of capitalist finance. Witness how a fierce...

Plunge into history's most baffling unsolved mystery and the unbreakable code defeating modern cryptography. Perfect for a focused commute, this gripping historical journey tracks a medieval encrypted artifact across Renaissance courts and shadowy collections. Experience the intellectual thrill...

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.

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The throne of England hung in the balance, and every prince in Europe wanted to claim it. When Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558, she became the most eligible woman in Europe. All saw the same prize: marry Elizabeth, rule England. Ambassadors flooded her court with portraits, jewels and...

Bloomsbury presents Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna read by Philip Franks Age of Discovery looks at the world on the brink of a new Renaissance and asks the question, how do we avoid chaos and disruption, and share more widely the...

What was it actually like to live in Elizabethan England? If you could travel to the past and walk the streets of London in the 1590s, where would you stay? What would you eat? What would you wear? Would you really have a sense of it being a glorious age? And if so, how would that glory sit...

In her compelling style, Dava Sobel chronicles the history of the Copernican Revolution, relating the story of astronomy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages. And as with her previous international bestsellers, Sobel expands the bounds of popular science writing, giving us an unforgettable portrait...

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Using a wide variety of source materials, including archaeology, runes, Icelandic sagas, early law, place names, personal names, and not least etymological and semantic analyses of the terminology of slaves, Thraldom provides the most comprehensive survey of slavery in the Viking Age.

In this engaging, accessible account, Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman explore the methods spies actually used in the period, including disguises, invisible inks, and even poisons. Drawing on a vast array of archival sources, they show how understanding the tricks and tools of espionage allows us to reimagine well-known stories such as the Babington and Gunpowder plots.

Bloomsbury presents Catherine de' Medici by Mary Hollingsworth, read by Sophie Hunter and Rachel Bavidge. A new biography of Catherine de' Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose author uses neglected primary sources to recreate the life and times of a remarkable –...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies...

Bloomsbury presents Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, read by Anna Wilson-Jones. "Rich and lively."—New York Times Book Review A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time that overturns our assumptions about the history of magic. Imagine: it’s the year 1600 and you’ve lost...

In this groundbreaking biography of Queen Anne Boleyn, learn how the ill-fated second wife of Renaissance England's Henry XVIII met her downfall–and how she came to be so vilified and misunderstood. Anne Boleyn has mesmerized the general public for centuries. Her tragic execution at the Tower...

The first in a page-turning historical series about survival, love, and family loyalty. England, 1665. It is five years since King Charles II returned from exile, the scars of the Civil Wars are yet to heal and now the Great Plague engulfs the land. Alethea Hawthorne is safe inside the walls of...

Dr. v. Oefele states of pharmacy before the time of Hippocrates, that although the practice of medicine was not separated from pharmacy among the Greeks and Romans, there was such a separation among the ancient Egyptians, from whom the distinction was handed down to the Copts, and by them to the Arabians; and, in fact, that the term pharmacist is probably of Egyptian origin, being derived from Ph-ar-maki, which signifies the preparation of medicine from drugs.

At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to siege engines to magic tricks. Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book discusses the careers of men who somehow managed to be both figures of startling genius and - by some measures - credulous or worse.