title: The History of Italy
author:  Francesco Guicciardini 
description: "Guicciardini's objectivity is awesome . . . the combination of tumultuous events and the cold lunar language he uses to describe them gives his history its unique and incomparable cachet." (<i>New York Times</i>)<br /><br />"Fascinating . . . Shrewd, pithy, and stylish." (<i>New Yorker</i>)
zlib_text: Italian History
  
  A Captivating Guide to the History of Italy and Rome
  
  
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