The House of Medici - Its Rise and Fall

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Hibbert, an Oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including Wellington: A Personal History, London: The Biography of a City, Redcoats and Rebels, and The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He lives with his family in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Klappentext It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center, and then lost it all. The House of Medici picks up where Barbara Tuchman's Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. With twenty-four pages of black-and-white illustrations, this timeless saga is one of Quill's strongest-selling paperbacks. Zusammenfassung It was a dynasty with more wealth! passion! and power than the houses of Windsor! Kennedy! and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics! scientists! artists! and even popes! for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici! patrons of Botticelli! Michelangelo and Galileo! benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center! and then lost it all. The House of Medici picks up where Barbara Tuchman's Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family! whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. With twenty-four pages of black-and-white illustrations! this timeless saga is one of Quill's strongest-selling paperbacks.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hibbert, Hibbert Christopher
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.1999
• EAN: 9780688053390
• ISBN: 978-0-688-05339-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: General, ART: History / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History, HISTORY: Europe / Italy, HISTORY: Medieval, HISTORY: EUROPE, ARCHITECTURE: Interior Design / General, HISTORY: Renaissance, ARCHITECTURE: History / Renaissance, ARCHITECTURE: History / Contemporary (1945-), ART: Movements / Renaissance, ART: Movements / Medieval