A Brief History of Medicine from Hippocrates to Gene Therapy (London: Robinson, 2005).

The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (London: Jonathan Cape, 2003 reissued London: Vintage Books, 2007) also published as The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance (New York: Pegasus Books, 2016) published in Italian as I Medici: potere, denaro e ambizione (I volti della storia, no.

Dr Strangelove's Game: A Brief History of Economic Genius (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2001 reissued London: Penguin, 2002) also published as A Brief History of Economic Genius (New York London: Texere, 2002).

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.

Newton and Gravity by Paul Strathern