The Princes
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In an age when power was worn like a jewel and courts blazed with intrigue, The Princes transports readers into the gilded world of European royalty, chronicling the lives, ambitions, and legacies of the great princes who shaped the political and cultural landscape of the continent. H.D. Molesworth presents a sweeping panorama of royal courts — from the grandeur of Versailles to the opulent palaces of the Italian Renaissance — illuminating how these sovereign figures wielded authority, patronised the arts, and manoeuvred through the treacherous currents of dynastic politics. Molesworth brings to bear a scholar's precision and a storyteller's flair, weaving together biography, political history, and art history into a richly illustrated and authoritative narrative. The result is a portrait of an era defined by spectacle and power, where the personal and the political were indistinguishable, and where a prince's taste in painting could be as consequential as his taste for war. For anyone captivated by the opulence and ruthlessness of Europe's royal centuries, The Princes raises one compelling question: what truly made a prince great — his bloodline, his battlefield, or his brushstroke?
Author: H.D. Molesworth
Format: Hardback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In an age when power was worn like a jewel and courts blazed with intrigue, The Princes transports readers into the gilded world of European royalty, chronicling the lives, ambitions, and legacies of the great princes who shaped the political and cultural landscape of the continent. H.D. Molesworth presents a sweeping panorama of royal courts — from the grandeur of Versailles to the opulent palaces of the Italian Renaissance — illuminating how these sovereign figures wielded authority, patronised the arts, and manoeuvred through the treacherous currents of dynastic politics. Molesworth brings to bear a scholar's precision and a storyteller's flair, weaving together biography, political history, and art history into a richly illustrated and authoritative narrative. The result is a portrait of an era defined by spectacle and power, where the personal and the political were indistinguishable, and where a prince's taste in painting could be as consequential as his taste for war. For anyone captivated by the opulence and ruthlessness of Europe's royal centuries, The Princes raises one compelling question: what truly made a prince great — his bloodline, his battlefield, or his brushstroke?