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Florence's black Medici prince: a drama worthy of Shakespeare
Alex von Tunzelmann 7 May 2016 9:00 am
The life – and violent death – of a very unusual Renaissance prince has Alex von Tunzelmann enthralled
Spain’s golden age — with a silver lining
Alexander Fiske-Harrison 18 July 2015 9:00 am
As every schoolboy knows, ‘the empire on which the sun never set’ was British, and ‘blue-blooded’ was a phrase applied…
From Barbary corsairs to people-traffickers: the violence of the Mediterranean
Anthony Sattin 30 May 2015 9:00 am
The Mediterranean has always been central to European civilisation — and a source of drama and conflict, says Anthony Sattin