Roma

A deep connoisseur of its history, its art and its culture, he takes us on a fascinating journey through almost three thousand years of splendor and decadence of what has been, in many ways, the capital of the world, and evokes the great figures of his past, from Caesar to Mussolini. Hughes tells us about politics, religion and art, relating them to each other: the lives of the artists -Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Piranesi, Chirico...- help us understand their works and place them in their time. This is a splendid book, cleverly combining knowledge and passion.