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| Title Statement | The shortest history of Italy: 3,000 years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a modern republic -- a retelling for our times / Ross King. |
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| Series | Shortest history series |
| Author | King, Ross, 1962- |
| Publication | New York: The Experiment,[2024]©2024 |
| Extent of Item | 260 pages |
| ISBN | 9781891011450 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr07455825 |
| General Notes | "Originally published in Australia by Black, Inc. First published in North America in revised form by The Experiment, LLC."--Title page verso. |
| Contents | "That people in togas" : Ancient Italy and the Roman Republic --"Let the die be cast" : The crisis of the Roman Republic --"Masters of all in existence" : The Roman Empire --"From a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust" : Decline and fall of the empire --Goths, Longbeards, Franks, Saracens, and Normans : Italy under the "Barbarians" --"All the cities of Italy" : the Middle Ages --Italy's age of gold : the Renaissance --"Go, thought, on golden wings" : Italy in the illuminismo --"Here we make Italy" : The Risorgimento --Dov'è la vittoria? : The kingdom of Italy --The "putrid corpse" of liberty : Italy under fascism --Andrà tutto bene : Italy since the war. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | "From a foremost author of historic Italy, this is a concise, star-studded retelling of the nation's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Location | Italy--History |
| Rome--History | |
