Rome

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and co...

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the opulent glory of classical Rome, the decadence and decay of the Middle Ages and the beauty and corruption of the Renaissance, to its time at the heart of Mussolini's fascist Italy. Exploring the city's streets and buildings, peopled with popes, gladiators, emperors, noblemen and peasants, this volume details the turbulent and dramatic history of Rome in all its depravity and grandeur.

克里斯托弗•希伯特（Christopher Hibbert，1924—2008），英国历史学家、传记作家，被《新政治家》杂志誉为“传记作家中的一颗珍珠”，也被《泰晤士报教育增刊》称为“或许是世上最有才华的大众历史学家”。他的很多著作都广受好评，包括：《拉格伦男爵的毁灭》 （该书在1962年荣获海涅曼文学奖）、《伦敦城史》、《法国大革命》、《加里波第和他的敌人》、《罗马：一座城市的兴衰史》、《伊丽莎白一世：童贞女王传》等。希伯特是英国皇家文学学会的成员，也是莱斯特大学的荣誉文学博士。