The superb story of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi and the design and construction of the Great Cathedral in Florence - one of the most magnificent achievements of the Italian Renaissance.
Ross King is a renowned expert in the Italian Renaissance. He is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed books include Brunelleschi's Dome, Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling, Leonardo and the Last Supper and Mad Enchantment- Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies. His love of Renaissance Florence, which he has been studying, writing and lecturing about for over twenty years, made Vespasiano's long-forgotten story - never written about before - an irresistible next subject. He lives just outside Oxford.
Compelling... professional jealousy, committee intrigue, feats of
bluff and fascinating scraps of obsolete lore... Where Longitude
had ocean wastes, Brunelleschi's Dome has vertigo
*Spectator*
As each novel feat of genius engineering flowers high above the
ground, details of scandals and pranks blow up from the city
streets to create an altogether enchanting tale
*Dava Sobel, author of Longitude*
An adventure yarn set on the wild frontiers of human knowledge...
abounding with excellent stories
*Financial Times*
A wonderfully vivid little book
*Daily Telegraph*
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