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Barker, Graeme and Tom Rasmussen. The Etruscans, Blackwell 1998/2000. A good survey of Etruscan culture as a whole from earliest times to assimilation by Rome.

Bonfante, Larissa. Etruscan, from the Reading the Past Series, University of California Press/British Museum 1990. The Etruscan language including the alphabet, grammar and even pronunciation.

Haynes, Sybille, Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History, J. Paul Getty Museum Publications, 2000. Etruscan Civilization from 900 BC. Beautiful photos. Author has 25 years experience as volunteer curator in the British Museum.

Hibbert, Christopher, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, Penguin 1974. A readable history of one of Italy's most notable families. Covers the history from the 14th to the 18th century.

Lawrence, D.H. Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays, Penguin 1999. Essay of travels through Etruscan Italy in the 1920's by one of the greatest English writers of the twentieth century.

Macnamara, Ellen. Everyday Life of the Etruscans, Dorset Press 1987. Hard to find but fascinating account of the 'real' Etruscans.

Macnamara, Ellen. The Etruscans, British Museum 1993. Beautifully illustrated history of Etruscan Italy.

Scullard, H.H., The Etruscan Cities and Rome, The John Hopkins University Press 1998, Another good history, originally published in 1967, including origins, but focusing on the Romanization of the great Etruscan cities.

Spivey, Nigel, Etruscan Art, Thames & Hudson 1997. Beautifully illustrated book focused on the art -- ceramics, stone and bronze etc -- of the Etruscans.

Steingraber, Stephan, Etruscan Painting, John & Harcourt brace 1986. Catalogue raisonne of Etruscan wall paintings. Out of print and hard to find. Photos are spectacular.