Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. With twenty-four pages of black-and-white illustrations, this timeless saga is one of Quill' s strongest-selling paperbacks. 'The House of Medici' picks up where Barbara Tuchman' s Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center, and then lost it all.
It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. 'The House of Medici' picks up where Barbara Tuchman' s Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. In their splendid palaces the Medici undoubtedly enjoyed a rich fare, and may well have been exposed to some wine or food or even contaminated water (such as from lead pipes) causing their painful gout. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George IV, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads.ĭescribed by Professor Sir John Plumb as " a writer of the highest ability and in the New Statesman as " a pearl of biographers," he established himself as a leading popular historian/biographer whose works reflected meticulous scholarship.Book Description Paperback. Christopher Hibbert, MC, FRSL, FRGS (5 March 1924 - 21 December 2008) was an English writer, historian and biographer. Described by Professor Sir John Plumb as " a writer of the highest ability and in the New Statesman as " a pearl of biographers," he established himself as a leading popular historian/biographer whose works reflected meticulous scholarship. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George IV, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads.
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