The Secrets of Rome: Love & Death in the Eternal City

by Corrado Augias

Book Overview

From Italy's popular author Corrado Augias comes the most intriguing exploration of Rome ever to be published. In the mold of his earlier histories of Paris, New York, and London, Augias moves perceptively through twenty-seven centuries of Roman life, shedding new light on a cast of famous, and infamous, historical figures and uncovering secrets and conspiracies that have shaped the city without our ever knowing it. From Rome's origins as Romulus's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847829332
• ISBN13: 9780847829330
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Secrets of Rome

This is a very interesting book, one of the best that I have read on Rome. It is not a guide book with an in depth narration of several sites and personages. A must read!

The Secrets of Rome Love & Death in the Eternal City

this is an excellent translation of the erudite work by Corrado Augias of the history of Rome. Through a series of stories Augias transports the reader between the past and present, in what seems a first hand account of the history of this great city. the chapters can be read as individual essays, and the footnotes make for great reference for interested readers. I can see a Secrets of Rome Part II in the future.