Martins Press, 2001 reissued London: Penguin, 2001) Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2000 US edn.
Exploration by Land (Silk and Spices Routes Series London: Belitha Press for UNESCO, 1993) published in Irish as Bóthar an tSíoda: taiscéalaíocht thar tír (Baile Átha Cliath : An Gúm, 2000). His work on economic history 'Dr Strangelove's Game' (2001) was chosen as a Google business book of the year. 'The Florentines: from Dante to Galileo (Atlantic 2021). His recent works include The Periodic Table (2015), "Quacks, Rogues and Charlatans" (2015) and 'The Borgias' (2019) 'Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires' (2019). He is the author of the best-selling The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance, Napoleon in Egypt, and The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior: Leonardo, Machiavelli and Borgia - a fateful collusion (2009) and The Spirit of Venice: from Marco Polo to Casanova (2012). His book on the history of chemistry entitled Mendeleyev's Dream (2000) was short-listed for the Aventis Prize, and his works have been translated into over two dozen languages. He is the author of two successful series of short introductory books: Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World. 
Besides five novels, he has also written numerous books on science, philosophy, history, literature, medicine and economics.
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