If it is fantastic to let yourself go among its beautiful streets, among its fascinating ancient remains, it is equally to do so through what may be the 10 most amazing books set in Rome. A compelling way to learn more about this city and fall madly in love with it.
Here they are!
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana
by Carlo Emilio Gadda, 1957
Rome, March 1927. In a few days, the Countess Menegazzi, a fanciful and hazy widow, undergoes a theft of jewels and money. Liliana Balducci, a sad and beautiful woman with unprecedented ferocity, is to be slit throat. All this happens in a building of Merulana.
Quo vadis?
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1895
Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish writer, for this book he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1905. An excellent historical novel with which it is really easy to return to the Rome of the Caesars.
The Pleasure
by Gabriele d’Annunzio, 1889
In this novel, the Vate intertwines betrayals, relationships, and aristocracy. As a backdrop, a Rome of intrigues and beautiful palaces, starring Andrea Sperelli, an alter ego of the same D’Annunzio.
Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown, 2004
Professor Robert Langdon is the main character of this second thriller born from the fervid imagination of Dan Brown. A highly suspenseful intrigue.
The most beautiful stories of ancient Rome
by Lorenza Cingoli, 2018
This is an exciting and compelling collection of the most famous stories of ancient Rome. An enchanting fairy tale beautifully illustrated.
Perhaps not everyone knows that in Rome…
by Ilaria Beltramme, 2014
A fascinating book in which the reader travels along an absolutely unusual tourist route. It is a journey that takes its start from the birth of the Eternal City and leads to a Rome of the third millennium.
Unusual and Secret Rome
by Ginevra Lovatelli, 2005
Thanks to this fascinating book, you will visit works of art and admire ancient testimonies that make Rome unique. A book, therefore, very useful to discover a little-known face of the Urbe.
The Secrets of the Vatican. Stories, places, characters of a millenary power
by Corrado Augias, 2010
Beyond what may be the personal religious feelings of the reader, this book highlights the difficulties of reconciling the spiritual power of the church with temporal power. Although the domination of the Papal Kings seems to have ended, the Vatican does not always shine for the specific care of souls.
Love and sex in ancient Rome
by Alberto Angela, 2012
Among the 10 most beautiful books set in Rome, of course, I could not miss a work of one of the most famous television faces. Become a protagonist for his timely and direct way of telling. In this book, Alberto Angelo, supported by sources dating back to the period narrated, highlights a little-known theme and, at times, described by films with clichés not corresponding to the reality of the facts.
History of Rome
by Indro Montanelli, 1952
In conclusion, with this book, you can have a complete overview of the history of Rome, starting from its origins to the end of the Western Roman Empire.
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