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(0)John Julius Norwich
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of France, from Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul in the mid-first century BC to the end of World War II.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvii, 362 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map, portraits.
Language
English
Description
"'Sicily,' said Goethe, 'is the key to everything.' The birthplace of Archimedes, Georgio de Chirico, and Muhammad al-Idrisi, it is the largest island in the Mediterranean. The stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, the link between the Latin world and the Greek, at once a stronghold, clearing-house and observation-point, it has been fought over and occupied in turn by all the great powers that have striven...
5) History quiz
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 10 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 667 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A one-volume narrative history of the Mediterranean from Ancient Egypt to 1919. Written in the racy, readable prose for which author Norwich is famous, this is colorful, character-driven history. He tackles a vast subject--vast in time, from the oldest surviving pyramid to the First World War; vast in geography, from Gibraltar to Jerusalem; and vast in culture, including as it does the civilizations of the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, Greece, Carthage,...
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. "The Great Cities in History" tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character of each place its people, its art and architecture, its government and explain the reasons for its success. Richly illustrated with photographs, paintings,...
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Today we take living in cities, with all their attractions and annoyances, for granted. But when did humans first come together to live in large groups, creating an urban landscape? What were these places like to inhabit? More than simply a history of ancient cities, this volume also reveals the art and architecture created by our ancestors, and provides a fascinating exploration of the origins of urbanism, politics, culture, and human interaction....
16) The Arts
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
499 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
