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Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
1973
Language
English
Description
"The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world."--Wikipedia.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"[This book] tells the story of the Eternal City--from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two--through pivotal moments that defined its history"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Wolf series (Alice Borchardt) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
To save her beloved Maenial from the mercenary forces of King Desiderus, Regeane joins forces with a Saxon warrior to rescue her shapeshifter husband, only to discover that Maenial has become bait in a trap set for her by an old enemy from her past.
5) The battle for Rome: the Germans, the allies, the partisans and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Rome, AD 270. In the wake of the emperor's marriage ban, rumors swirl that there is one man brave enough to perform wedding ceremonies in secret. A public notarius and leader of an underground church, Valentine believes the emperor's edict unjust and risks his own life for the sake of his convictions. But as his fame grows, so do fears for his safety. Iris, the daughter of a Roman jailor, believes regaining her sight will ease the mounting troubles...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Rome, 1492. The Holy City is drenched with blood and teeming with secrets. A pope lies dying and the throne of God is left vacant, a prize awarded only to the most virtuous, or the most ruthless. The Borgia family begins its legendary rise, chronicled by an innocent girl who finds herself drawn into their dangerous web ... Vivacious Giulia Farnese has floor-length golden hair and the world at her feet: beauty, wealth, and a handsome young husband....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Renowned for her bright and disciplined way with Renaissance Italy, New York Times best-selling novelist Dunant again visits the Borgias, to whom she recently paid court in Blood and Beauty. As Cesare ruthlessly seeks to unite all of Italy's city-states under Borgia control, Florence counters by sending one Niccolo Machiavelli to Rome as envoy and Lucrezia learns the family business of big-stakes political maneuvering.
9) Suburra
Author
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Suburra takes a deep dive into a politically and financially corrupt contemporary Italy, where a mighty local crime family, the Mafia, corrupt politicians, and new rabid criminal elements battle each other for control of a glittering prize--control over a multibillion dollar development twenty miles from the Italian capital. During the final days of Silvio Berlusconi's reign, a massive development proposal that will turn the depressed coastal settlement...
10) Scarpia
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It is the late 18th century and Sicilian nobleman Vitello Scarpia finds himself penniless and in disgrace on the streets of Rome. After leaving his home in pursuit of a military career, his fiery passion has seen him expelled from the Spanish royal guard and left to seek his fortune in Italy; a fortune inseparably bound to the Pope, whose rule is put in question by the French Revolution.
Scarpia enrolls in the papal army and is soon taken up by a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Lindsey Davis's next book in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad killer (or killers!) is strewing bodies around in the most gruesome of manners and, true to form, it is up to Flavia Albia to determine what is really going on and stop this bacchanal of death. In the first century, under Domitian's reign, strange and brutal goings on are nothing new in Rome. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over...
Author
Series
Poisoner mysteries volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Borgia court poisoner Francesca Giordano must battle the demons of her own dark nature to unravel a plot to destroy the Borgias, seize control of Christendom, and plunge the world into eternal darkness.
14) Eternal
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An aspiring writer, an athlete from a professional cyclist family and a mathematics prodigy find their bond tested by a love triangle and the spread of anti-Semitism and fascism in 1937 Italy.
"Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics...
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Flavia and Nubia follow Jonathan to Rome and into the Golden House built by the emperor Nero, where a dangerous assassin lurks.
17) Lavinia
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Growing up in ancient Italy, Lavinia is on the verge of a betrothal to Turnus, the king of nearby Rulli, when a fleet of Trojan ships, under the command of Aeneas, sails up the Tiber, in a historical novel that puts a female twist on Virgil's classic, "The Aeneid."
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