Bess of hardwick

How an upstart noble family emerged from the Wars of the Roses to rule England

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

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“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

From topless staddle stones outperforming complete ones to two versions of the same desk selling on the same day 212 miles apart, bizarre occurrences are par for the course at contents sales