Florence: The Biography of a City - Hardcover

Hibbert, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393035638 ISBN 13: 9780393035636

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1993

Synopsis

A social history of Florence from Roman times to the present, which also serves as a comprehensive guide to its buildings and treasures

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Hibbert was born in 1924 and educated at Radley and Oriel College, Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. His many highly acclaimed books include the following titles: The Destruction of Lord Raglan (which won the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962), London: The Biography of a City, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, The Great Mutiny: India 1857, The French Revolution, Garibaldi and His Enemies, Rome: The Biography of a City, Elizabeth I: A Personal History of the Virgin Queen, Nelson: A Personal History, George III: A Personal History and The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650 - 1744. Christopher Hibbert is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt. of Leicester University. He is married with two sons and a daughter, and lives in Henley-on-Thames.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0393035638
• ISBN 13: 9780393035636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398