`Richly informative, an admirable piece of historical writing -- offers lively interest wherever it is opened'YORKSHIRE POST

The author is professionally engaged with Florentine monuments and with their origins in the life of the city. She presents a study of the ideas events and pers

Eight walks take shoppers to unique shops that uphold Italian standards of quality, craftsmanship, and creativity. With this discriminating book as a guide, vis

Sublime renaissance architecture, exquisite art collections, romantic medieval towns and picturesque rolling hills covered in vineyards, olive groves and cypres

This book is as captivating as the city itself. Hibbert's gift is weaving political, social and art history into an elegantly readable and marvellously lively w