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  • Garibaldi

    Citizen of the World: A Biography

    Translated by Allan Cameron ...
    What adventure novelist could have invented the life of Giuseppe Garibaldi? The revolutionary, soldier, politician, and greatest figure in the fight for Italian unification, Garibaldi (1807-1882) brought off almost as many dramatic exploits in the Americas as he did in Europe, becoming an international freedom fighter, earning the title of the "hero of two worlds," and making himself perhaps the ... Read more

    $67.09 CAD

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  • Sicily

    An Island at the Crossroads of History

    Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.“Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily’s strategic location has ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Mussolini's Daughter

    The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe

    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe bestselling author of A Train in Winter returns with the definitive story of Mussolini’s daughter, Edda, one of the most influential women in 1930s Italy, whose life had more twists and turns than a spy novel.**Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite child: spoiled and venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • M: Son of the Century

    A Novel

    Translated by Anne Milano Appel ...
    Now a major TV series from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Wright, starring Luca Marinelli — streaming on MUBI.“This relentless chronicle of authoritarianism emboldened and empowered offers a painful and valuable reminder that democracy is fragile, never to be taken for granted and always in need of committed defense.” —Washington PostThe massive international bestseller—an epic biographical novel that ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Force of Destiny

    A History of Italy Since 1796

    The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. The Force of Destiny, Christopher Duggan's immensely enjoyable new book, lays waste to this idea. While sharing everyone's enthusiasm for Italy as a place, he strongly distinguishes this ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Honoured Society

    The Sicilian Mafia observed

    by Norman Lewis ...
    The Honoured Society describes how the US army returned the Mafia to power in 1944, after Mussolini came close to destroying them. It looks at the Mafia in their homeland - how in attempting to preserve Sicily for the Sicilians in the face of countless invasions it infiltrated every aspect of the island's life, corrupting landowners, the police, the judiciary and even the church. In one chilling ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Furies

    War in Europe, 1450–1700

    During the European Renaissance, an age marked equally by revolutionary thought and constant warfare, it was armies, rather than philosophers, who shaped the modern European nation state. "Mobile cities" of mercenaries and other paid soldiers-made up of astonishingly diverse aggregations of ethnicities and nationalities-marched across the land, looting and savaging enemy territories.In the 15th ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • A Brief History of Italy

    Indispensable for Travellers

    by Jeremy Black ...
    'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week'A remarkable mixture of cold history, wide culture and personal experience'Ciro Paoletti, Secretary General of the Italian Commission of Military HistoryDespite the Roman Empire's famous 500-year reign over Europe, parts of Africa and the Middle East, Italy does not have the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Mussolini's War

    Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943

    by John Gooch ...
    WINNER OF THE 2021 DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020From an acclaimed military historian, the definitive account of Italy's experience of the Second World WarWhile staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Machiavelli

    His Life and Times

    'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' – Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors.‘A notorious fiend’, ‘generally odious’, ‘he seems hideous, and so he is.’Thanks to the invidious reputation of his most famous work, The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli exerts a ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Mercenaries and Their Masters

    Warfare in Renaissance Italy

    The eminent Renaissance historian's classic study of warfare between Italian city-states between the 13th and 16th centuries.Michael Mallett's lucid account of the age of the condottieri—or mercenary captains of fortune—and of the soldiers who fought under them is set in the wider context of the Italian society of the time and of the warring city-states who employed them. Mallett presents a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The White War

    Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915-1919

    by Mark Thompson ...
    The brutal and tragic story of the First World War’s oft-overlooked Italian Front.**“A fascinating, indeed brilliant, portrait of a society immolated by its own delusions.” —**New York Review of BooksNamed a Book of the Year by Economist • Sunday Times • Sunday Telegraph • Obs... ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD