Rome：The Biography of a City

Thisbeautifullywritten,informativestudyisaportrait,ahistoryandasuperbguidebook,capturingfullytheseductivebeautyandthemanylayeredpastoftheEternalCity.Itcovers3,000yearsofhistoryfromthecity'squasi-mythicalorigins,throughtheEtruscankings,theopulentgloryofclassicalRome,thedecadenceanddecayoftheMiddleAgesandthebeautyandcorruptionoftheRenaissance,toitstimeattheheartofMussolini'sfascistItaly.Exploringthecity'sstreetsandbuildings,peopledwithpopes,gladiators,emperors,noblemenandpeasants,thisvolumedetailstheturbulentanddramatichistoryofRomeinallitsdepravityandgrandeur.