"Take a birds-eye tour of the ancient Incan empire. Then zoom in for a closer look of how ancient Incans lived. Part graphic history and part travel guide, this book offers a unique perspective on what life was really like in an ancient Incan town"--Provided by the publisher.

" ... this popular history explores daily life in Queen Elizabeth's England, taking us inside the homes and minds of ordinary citizens as well as luminaries of the period, including Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Drake. Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, Mortimer relates in delightful (and occasionally disturbing) detail everything from the sounds and smells of sixteenth-century England...

"Take a birds-eye tour of ancient Rome. Then zoom in for a closer look of how ancient Romans lived. Part graphic history and part travel guide, this book offers a unique perspective on what life was really like in an ancient Roman town"--Provided by the publisher.

This guide is an introduction to the art, architecture, poetry and cuisine known at the multicultural Sicilian court during the rule of the Norman and Swabian dynasties. In addition to detailed descriptions of such popular sights as Palermo's Palatine Chapel and Monreale's abbey, it includes translations of court recipes and Sicilian poetry published for the first time in the books written by these two historians over the last decade. Sicily's multicultural...

Some travel books transport you over distance. This one takes you back in time. It's the perfect book to read before you get to Sicily, and to consult when you're there. This is the first guide written in English dedicated to the polyglot medieval heritage of three Sicilian cities where Europe met Africa and Asia for three magical centuries. Here two of Sicily's leading historians present accurate, timeless information about the Norman, Arab and...