PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Ross King is the author of Brunelleschi's Dome, a highly praised account of how the Renaissance architect Brunelleschi constructed the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence (voted Non-Fiction Book of the Year by American Independent Booksellers in 2001). He has also written two novels, Domino and Ex Libris. He lives in Oxford.
Ross King deftly stitches modern Michelangelo scholarship into his fluent and gripping narrative. The result is a delightful book that overturns many legends Independent A fascinating and carefully researched account of day-to-day life atop the Sistine scaffolding The Times A narrative that never falls back on exaggeration or deviates from the facts Sunday Times We learn an enormous amount by reading this book; King's grasp of and research into the period seem all-encompassing Spectator
