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Rome: The Biography of a CityAuthor : CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT 
Format : Paperback
ISBN(13) : 9780140070781
ISBN(10) : 0140070788
Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint : Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date (AUS) : January 2000
Pages : 400
Height (mm) : 247
Width (mm) : 190
SpineWidth (mm) : 32
Weight (g) : 1170
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Description 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.Similar items can be found in these categories: | |
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