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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0701176873. Book is fine. 2 cm tear to head of DJ spine.; How often does a visitor to Rome drift towards some landmark and wonder who created it? Why? What was their story? This fascinating book provides the answers. At once a history and a guide, it divides Rome into the districts dominated by the fabulously rich families of the Popes: the Colonna, della Rovere, Farnese, Borghese, Barberini and others. In each case we learn their story-powerful, bloody and vivid-with all the scandals and intrigues as well as their relationships with artists like Bernini and Michelangelo. As we stroll through Rome s history-either literally or in the imagination-we discover it afresh. Famous sites like the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps and St Peter s take on new significance as we watch the city rise from cramped medieval streets to become a glorious panorama of piazzas and palaces, fountains, towers and domes.; 418 pages.