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The Borgias: History's Most Notorious Dynasty by Mary Hollingsworth
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS
The Borgias have become a byword for pride, lust, cruelty, avarice, splendour and venomous intrigue. An inspiration for many works of fiction, most famously Mario Puzo's The Godfather, they have aroused abomination and fascination in almost equal measure, while their patronage of the arts created some o ...Show more
The Cardinal's Hat : Money, Ambition and Housekeeping in a Renaissance Court by Mary Hollingsworth
$50.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE
An extraordinarily detailed account of the daily life and political ambitions of a Renaissance potentate, drawn from a hitherto unpublished archive of original documents. A tale of gambling, hunting, family feuds, power agendas and private conflict in Renaissance Italy Son of Lucretia Borgia and brother ...Show more
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
$59.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Reading Level: near fine
Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Among their number were no fewer than three popes and a powerful and influential ...Show more
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