Queen Victoria von Hibbert, Christopher

Wellington: A Personal History

A guide to the use of the avian embryo in studies of vertebrate development. It includes approaches to analysis of the chick genome, gene knock-out studies using RNA interference, morpholinos, and other techniques. It focuses on...

The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. This is the absorbing tale of the family's dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to the highest position in Italian society. von...

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody political scene was dominated by mercantile families, the most famous of which were the...

Charts the French Revolution from its beginnings at an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to the 'coup d'etat' that brought Napoleon to power ten years later. This book explains the drama and...

"Florence: The Biography of a City" von Christopher Hibbert ist eine detaillierte und faszinierende Chronik der Stadt Florenz, die als Wiege der Renaissance bekannt ist. Das Buch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die kulturelle,...

"Die Päpste" von Christopher Hibbert ist eine umfassende und detaillierte Chronik der Päpste, die seit dem ersten Jahrhundert nach Christus das höchste Amt der katholischen Kirche bekleidet haben. Das Buch beginnt mit dem Apostel Petrus...