Princes of the RenaissanceAuthor: Hollingsworth, Mary Italy Published on 5 January 2023 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (Apollo) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 448 pages, 3 x 8pp col 197 x 128 x 35 352g A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.' Michael Prodger, The Times 'Full

With the driver’s door open

Zog the dragon fly around tending a sunburnt mermaid

Anthea (Translator (GER))

he established a free health clinic and also joined the mafia

lasted almost forty years

The adventures of Rikki Tikki Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose

Claude Vignon

We learn of a protracted battle between Church and State

Each book enraptures us' The Times Literary Supplement'Magnificently dark and twisted' C

Now in this beautiful new edition

insightful and thoroughly enjoyable’

But it is also a world of horrors