Chronicles of Old Rome Exploring Italy's Eternal City
, by Thiessen, TamaraNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780984633449 | 0984633448
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/1/2012
Discover la dolce vita with Chronicles of Old Rome, the fifth installment of Museyon's Chronicles series of historical guidebooks. Travel writer Tamara Thiessen takes readers on a whirlwind tour of Italy's historic capital through thirty dramatic true stories spanning nearly three thousand years, plus detailed walking tours complete with easy-to-read maps. From the Curia Pompei, site of Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, to the Borgia Apartments in the Vatican, see the real-life places where history happened in this richly illustrated guide. Then relax like Goethe and Keats at the Café Greco, Rome's chicest coffee bar since 1760 or visit the Palazzo Colonna, site of Audrey Hepburn's Roman Holiday. The sweet life indeed!