Kniha Vzostup a pád mapuje dejiny sveta na pozadí diania v desiatich najväčších ríšach v histórii. Skúma odvekú túžbu ľudstva po moci vo všetkých jej neslávnych formách a sleduje vývoj imperiálnych ambícií... Zobraziť viac
Through the lives of major figures from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including Copernicus, Gutenberg, Luther, Catherine de Medici, Rabelais, van Eyck and Shakespeare,... Zobraziť viac
It is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time... Zobraziť viac
The Borgias have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthlessness, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities... Zobraziť viac
Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots... Zobraziť viac
