A superb narrative of the 'underside' of the Italian Renaissance: the Genoese and Neapolitans; the women writers, Jewish merchants, mercenaries, engineers, prostitutes, farmers and citizens ... read more
Not only the art of Rome itself but of its provinces, including Syria, Egypt, Algeria, Greece and the British Isles, showing how Roman art both drew on and influenced the wider ancient world... read more
A companion volume to the stunning Flora of the Silk Road that ravished us all in 2014. A selection of 600 of the most interesting wild flowers native to the Mediterranean and similar clima... read more
Signac was one of the original organizers of the Salon des Independents in 1884 and was its president for nearly 30 years. Impressionists, Fauves, Symbolists, Nabis - like the Hendersons, ... read more
A large format biography of the Bloomsbury pair, and their houses, commissioned by the National Trust. An entertaining introduction with handsome colour pics.
An acclaimed novel by a Georgian who writes in German... at 900 pages it promises loves, lives, and losses through a hundred years on the fringes of the Russian and Soviet empires. We have ... read more