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A Short History of Ancient Greece by P. J. Rhodes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Short Histories Ser.
Classical Greece and its legacy have long inspired a powerful and passionate fascination. The civilization that bequeathed to later ages drama and democracy, Homer and heroism, myth and Mycenae and the Delphic Oracle and the Olympic Games has, perhaps more than any other, helped shape the intellectual c ...Show more
A Short History of Florence and the Florentine Republic by Brian Jeffrey Maxson
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Category: History | Series: Short Histories Ser.
The innovative city culture of Florence was the crucible within which Renaissance ideas first caught fire. With its soaring cathedral dome and its classically-inspired palaces and piazzas, it is perhaps the finest single expression of a society that is still at its heart an urban one. For, as Brian Jeff ...Show more
A Short History of the Normans by Leonie V. Hicks
$27.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Short Histories
Cities, scripts, literature, the rule of law - all were born in Iraq. That so many see this ancient land as nothing more than a violent backwater steeped in chaos is a travesty. This is the place where, for the first 5,000 years of human history, all innovations of worth emerged. It was the cradle of ci ...Show more
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Short Histories
In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account of a country and it ...Show more
Moustaches, Whiskers and Beards by Lucinda Hawksley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fashion | Series: NPG Short Histories
Taking as her starting point images from the holdings of the National Portrait Gallery, London, writer and art historian Lucinda Hawksley explores the history of facial hair, from prehistoric times to the present day. By way of introduction, she investigates how cave men shaved, the Pharaonic beard in a ...Show more
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