Robert Brentano evokes papal Rome in all its paradox and complicated brilliance. From a detailed re-creation of the physical "town" with its series of brick campanili and green and purple mosaic floors, to the intrigues of the great families, like the Orsini and Colonna, the reader is guided through complex and fascinating culture. Brentano's skill lies in his ability to combine the story of the vaulting ambition of the great families, only mildly tempered by their very real religious piety, with a vivid reconstruction of everyday life in postclassical Rome.
- ISBN10 0714105570
- ISBN13 9780714105574
- Publish Date 18 March 1991 (first published 22 July 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 August 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint British Museum Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 357
- Language English