Chronological Period/15th Century
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The Lady of the Rivers
$19.99 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of legend who navigated… [more below]
- Series: Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- Author: Gregory, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 03 2012
- ISBN10: 1416563717
- Language: English
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The Family
$19.99 Add to cart“Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo’s best.”
–Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys“One of his most satisfying works….A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of th
- Author: Puzo, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0062089153
- Language: English
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
$29.95 Add to cartMexico arrives in its eighth edition with a new look and the most recent discoveries. This is the story of the pre-Spanish people of Mexico, who, with their neighbors the Maya, formed some of the mos
- Author: Coe, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0500841780
- Language: English
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Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
$19.95 Read moreSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. A star of Florence’s art world, he was commissioned by a member of the city’s powerful Me
- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1324066016
- Language: English
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Joan of Arc
$20.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world–as never told before.
Helen Castor tells afresh the g
- Author: Castor, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062384406
- Language: English
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The Serpent and the Pearl
$16.00 Add to cartA gripping novel about history’s most infamous family–The Borgias–and an innocent girl pulled into their treacherous rise to power, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network an… [more below]
- Series: Novel of the Borgias #1
- Author: Quinn, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0425259463
- Language: English
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
$22.00 Add to cartThe tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage to six extraordinary women. In this accessibl… [more below]
- Author: Weir, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: March 10 2000
- ISBN10: 0802136834
- Language: English
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Leonardo’s Brain: Understanding Da Vinci’s Creative Genius
$18.95 Add to cartBest-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military st… [more below]
- Author: Shlain, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1493009397
- Language: English
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From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought 100-1625
$73.99 Add to cartA reference tool that provides an overview of the history of Christian political thought with selections from second century to the seventeenth century.
From the second century to the seventeenth, from
- Author: O’Donovan, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 858
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0802842097
- Language: English
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Crow with No Mouth
$14.00 Add to cartNew edition of best-selling Asian title presents the poems of a renowned Zen master.
- Author: Berg, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1556591527
- Language: English
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The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement in the New World
$9.95 Add to cartDescribes the causes, events, and aftermath of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
- Author: Finkelstein, Norman H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: January 20 2001
- ISBN10: 0595152791
- Language: English
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Ink on His Fingers
$13.99 Add to cartJohann Gutenberg is working on printing the first Bible with type. Twelve-year-old Hans Dunne works in Gutenberg’s shop as an apprentice printer. Soon, Hans finds himself in the middle of a type-steal
- Series: Louise A. Vernon Religious Heritage
- Author: Vernon, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 16 2004
- ISBN10: 0836116739
- Language: English
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The Moor’s Last Stand: How Seven Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End
$20.00 Read moreThe Moor’s Last Stand presents the poignant story of Boabdil, the last Muslim king of Granada. Betrayed by his family and undermined by faction and internal conflict, Boabdil was defeated in 1492 by t… [more below]
- Author: Drayson, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1566560047
- Language: English
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Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem
$20.99 Add to cart“One of the 100 best books of the year.” –The Times Literary Supplement Christopher Columbus is reevaluated as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction–on a mission to save Jerusale… [more below]
- Author: Delaney, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 17 2012
- ISBN10: 1439102376
- Language: English
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1421: The Year China Discovered America
$22.99 Add to cartOn March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to “proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas.” When the fleet
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Menzies, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 03 2008
- ISBN10: 0061564893
- Language: English
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Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I
$15.99 Add to cartPacked with love, magic, and deadly games of courtly intrigue and treason, book one of Robin LaFevers’s fast-paced YA trilogy set in 15th-century France combines romance with captivating action.
Why be
- Series: His Fair Assassin #1
- Author: Lafevers, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1328567656
- Language: English
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Leonardo
$20.00 Add to cartFilling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836502151
- Language: English
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Leonardo. the Complete Drawings
$25.00 Add to cartOne of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world’s most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philoso
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: September 15 2014
- ISBN10: 3836554410
- Language: English
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The History of the Renaissance World: From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
$39.99 Add to cartBeginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume–the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World–chronicles the co… [more below]
- Author: Bauer, Susan Wise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 816
- Publish Date: September 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0393059766
- Language: English
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Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
$28.95 Read moreSome five hundred years ago, Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. A star of Florence’s art world, he was commissioned by a member of the city’s powerful Me
- Author: Luzzi, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1324004010
- Language: English
