Books in the Renaissance Lives series

A new account of the controversial alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus.

A new biography of the Italian Renaissance painter, poet and actor Salvator Rosa.

The first popular biography in English in thirty years of Erasmus of Rotterdam.

A new account of the life and work of poet, scholar, soldier and cleric John Donne.

The spirit, ingenuity and genius of Peter Paul Rubens.

Niccolo Guicciardini's enlightening biography offers an accessible introduction to Newton's celebrated work in mathematics, optics and astronomy and to how Newton viewed these scientific fields in relation to his quest for the deepest secrets of the universe, matter theory and religion.

A new interpretation of Tycho Brahe's pivotal role in the emergence of empirical science.

An exploration of the visual elusiveness at the core of Giorgione's work.

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.

An insightful new interpretation of the elusive Renaissance painter Hans Holbein.