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A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 115AD
The year is 115 AD and Imperial Rome is at the height of its power. The reader wakes in a rich patrician home and discovers frescoes, opulent furnishings and richly appointed boudoirs. Strolling through the splendours of the Roman...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 70BC
A senator bleeds to death in his bath… And as the authorities turn a blind eye, Hortensia, daughter of the capital’s most celebrated orator, feels compelled to investigate a trail of murders that lead to the dark heart of...
- Location(s): Vienna, Jerusalem, Lebanon, London, Rome
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
Two agents. Two opposing sides. Israeli Agent Shai is dispatched to eliminate a terrorist threat. To succeed in his mission Shai must win the trust of Palestinian Agent Ramzy who will help him gain access to the infamous and...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Through wit, wry humor, and enticing descriptions of food and travel adventures, Judith takes you on a journey into the heart of what it is truly like to live in the Eternal City. A combination of Innocents Abroad meeting...
- Location(s): Vatican City
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have...
Michelangelo And The Pope’s Ceiling
- Location(s): Vatican City
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Early 1500s
In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The thirty-three-year-old Michelangelo had very little experience of the physically and technically taxing art of fresco; and, at twelve thousand square feet, the ceiling...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Various
A guidebook to the city of Rome seen through the eyes of Robert Venturi, re-interpreted by two subsequent Rome Prize fellows A vital text for young architects, focusing on the interrelationship between architecture, art and landscape
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 18th Century to present
The book will be designed so that it can be used, not only by scholars, but also by tourists and travellers in Rome Guides readers on a modern-day version of the 18th Century Grand Tour that was originally inspired...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 2000s
Amid the bustle of Rome, the Vespas and the Fiats, the cigarettes and teetering high heals, Megan K Williams, a Rome-based writer and correspondent, captures the essence of this bustling city. This is an insider’s eye on the love,...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Early Summer 2020
On the first morning of Rome’s Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what it felt like, and sent it...
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