Rome: The Biography of a City
Rome: The Biography of a City
Christopher Hibbert
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This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city’s quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the Renaissance, to its time at the heart of Mussolini’s fascist Italy. Exploring the city’s streets and buildings, peopled with popes, gladiators, emperors, noblemen and peasants, this volume details the turbulent and dramatic history of Rome in all its depravity and grandeur.
Product Description
Title - Rome: The Biography of a City
Edition -
Author - Christopher Hibbert
ISBN 13 - 9780140070781
Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published - 15/10/1987
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 190 x 245 x 30mm
Weight - 1160 g
Languages - English