The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
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- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
6 December 2001
Summary
At its height, Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power, and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici.
This enthralling book charts the family’s huge influence on the political, economic, and cultural history of Florence. Beginning in the early 1430s with the rise of the dynasty under the near-legendary Cosimo de Medici, it move…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140050905 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140050906 |
| Author: | Christopher Hibbert |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 6 December 2001 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Christopher Hibbert
Christopher Hibbert was born in Leicestershire in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oriel College, Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J. H. Plumb as ‘a writer of the highest ability’ and in the New Statesman as ‘a pearl of biographers’, he is, in the words of The Times Educational Supplement, ‘perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have’. Christopher Hibbert is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is married with two sons and a daughter and lives in Henley-on-Thames.
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