The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times

by Ross King

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"From a foremost author of historic Italy, this is a concise, star-studded retelling of the nation's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence"--

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Ross King is the award-winning and bestselling author of Brunelleschi's Dome, Michelangelo and the Popes Ceiling, The Judgment of Paris, Mad Enchantment, Leonardo and the Last Supper, and Machiavelli: Philosopher of Power, among other books. He and his wife live in Woodstock, Great Britain.

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The Shortest History of Italy: 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic―A Retelling for Our Times

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History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, Biography & Memoir
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937History & geographyHistory of ancient world (to ca. 499)Italian Peninsula to 476 and adjacent territories to 476
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DG467History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaCityHistory of ItalyMedieval and modern Italy, 476-HistoryGeneral
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