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The House of Medici：Its Rise and Fall

内容简介

Itwasadynastywithmorewealth,passion,andpowerthanthehousesofWindsor,Kennedy,andRockefellercombined.ItshapedallofEuropeandcontrolledpolitics,scientists,artists,andevenpopes,forthreehundredyears.ItwasthehouseofMedici,patronsofBotticelli,MichelangeloandGalileo,benefactorswhoturnedFlorenceintoaglobalpowercenter,andthenlostitall.TheHouseofMedicipicksupwhereBarbaraTuchman'sHibbertdelvesintothelivesoftheMedicifamily,whoselegacyofincreasingself-indulgenceandsexualdallianceeventuallyledtoitsself-destruction.Withtwenty-fourpagesofblack-and-whiteillustrations,thistimelesssagaisoneofQuill'sstrongest-sellingpaperbacks.

作者简介

HistorianChristopherHibbertwasbornasArthurRaymondHibbertinEnderby,Englandin1924.HedroppedoutofOrielCollegetojointheArmy.HeservedwiththeLondonIrishRiflesandwontheMilitaryCross.Heearnedadegreeinhistoryin1948.Beforebecomingafull-timenonfictionwriter,heworkedasarealestateagentandatelevisioncriticforTruthmagazine.Hewrotemorethan60booksthroughouthislifetimeincludingTheRoadtoTyburn(1957),IlDuce:TheLifeofBenitoMussolini(1962),GeorgeIV:PrinceofWales,1762-1811(1972),andGeorgeIV:RegentandKing,1812-1830(1973).HisworkTheDestructionofLordRaglan(1961)wonaprizefromtheRoyalSocietyofLiterature.HediedfrombronchialpneumoniaonDecember21,2008attheageof84.

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