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La Rome des Borgia transporte le lecteur dans la capitale de la Renaissance au temps du règne d’Alexandre VI, à l’époque la plus violente et la plus raffinée de cette période. Les crimes des Borgia, leurs incestes, la cantarelle, ce fameux poison qu’ils avaient inventé, constituent le...

Sous la forme de courts textes et de poèmes, Nolhac nous parle de son amour profond pour l’Italie classique, et pour Rome tout particulièrement. Cet esthète sensible, à l’époque membre de l’École française, est en parfaite harmonie avec cet environnement saturé d’art, qu’il nous fait partager avec érudition et délicatesse.

In the 10th century, being head of the Catholic Church didnt stop Pope John XII from allegedly committing incest with his sisters, calling on pagan gods and goddesses, being an alcoholic and putting his mistress in charge of his brothel. Of course, being pope didnt make popes popular either: in 896AD,...

Rick Steves' Tours eBooks are straightforward, self-guided tours of some of Europe's most popular museums, ancient buildings, and other points of interest, designed for easy reference on your mobile device or eReader. In Rick Steves' Tour: St. Peter's Basilica, Rome-for less than the price of a cappuccino-Rick...

The reader is given a rare view of the operations of the Vatican in the diplomatic world and some fascinating sidelights into the Vatican archives such as the role Benjamin Franklin played in the selection of the first Catholic Bishop in the United States and what the Pope actually intended to do...

How much do you know about the Vatican City? The walled enclave is one of the world’s top tourist destinations, attracting millions of people each year with its amazing architecture and works of art. This fascinating book contains over one hundred interesting facts about the Vatican, with sections...

The Entity relates to the special Vatican Secret Service agency that was founded in 1566. For five centuries, the Vatican has used a secret spy service, called the Holy Alliance, or later, the Entity, to carry out its will. Forty Popes have relied on it to carry out their policies. In her book Vilasi...

Vatican Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected. ...

Caterina Bartoldi, lived several years in Sicily, she has become a Mafia specialist. In this fascinating book, she takes us from Sicily to the United States and in many other countries, she tells us about this part of History, which is very often confidential, mysterious and difficult to understand....

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History...

Our illustrated travel guide will introduce you to the idyllic and sunny island of Malta. It's a perfect all-season holiday/vacation destination and one of the only places in Europe for guaranteed winter sun. Malta is internationally renowned as a tourist destination, with numerous recreational...

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) is best known for his masterpiece of military theory On War, yet that work formed only the first three of ten volumes of his published writings. The others, historical analyses of the wars that roiled Europe from 1789 through 1815, informed and shaped Clausewitz’s...

Dicembre 2010, Questura di Torino. Un ispettore della Digos scopre, tra i documenti in possesso del suo sovrintendente, una lettera anonima mai vista prima. Poche righe su un foglietto che alludono a responsabilità quanto meno scomode, e che delineano scenari davvero inquietanti, relativamente alla...

Un maresciallo radarista. Un capitano pilota. Un tenente colonnello pilota. Un'associazione antimafia intitolata a Rita Atria. Un viaggio spesso in solitudine di 36 anni irto di ostacoli enormi alla ricerca della verità sulla Strage di Ustica. Prove sparite, testimoni morti in circostanze tutte da...