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Basilica

The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's

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Basilica

The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's

By: R. A. Scotti

In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peter's Basilica. Begun by the ferociously ambitious Pope Julius II in 1506, the endeavor would span two tumultuous centuries, challenge the greatest Renaissance masters—Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramante—and enrage Martin Luther. By the time it was completed, Shakespeare had written all of his plays, the Mayflower had reached Plymouth—and Rome had risen with its astounding basilica to become Europe's holy metropolis. A dazzling portrait of human achievement and excess, Basilica is a triumph of historical writing.

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Penguin

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110115781X

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9781101157817

Sudden Sea

The Great Hurricane of 1938

By: R. A. Scotti

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Sudden Sea

The Great Hurricane of 1938

By: R. A. Scotti

The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.

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197

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Hachette+ORM

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031605478X

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9780316054782

Vanished Smile

The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa

By: R.A. Scotti

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Vanished Smile

The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa

By: R.A. Scotti

On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s most celebrated painting vanished from the Louvre. The prime suspects were as shocking as the crime: Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, young provocateurs of a new art. The sensational disappearing act captured the world’s imagination. Crowds stood in line to view the empty space on the museum wall. Thousands more waited, as concerned as if Mona Lisa were a missing person, for news of the lost painting. Almost a century later, questions still linger: Who really pinched Mona Lisa, and why? Part love story, part mystery, Vanished Smile reopens the puzzling case that transformed a Renaissance portrait into the most enduring icon of all time.

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Vintage

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0307278387

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9780307278388

Sudden Sea

The Great Hurricane of 1938

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The Great Hurricane of 1938

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Vanished Smile

The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa

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The Mysterious Theft of the Mona Lisa

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Basilica

The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's

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The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's

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The Lost Mona Lisa

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The Lost Mona Lisa

By: R. A. Scotti

In the late afternoon of Sunday, 20 August 1911, three men strolled into the Louvre museum in Paris. Disguising themselves as museum staff they hid until nightfall. Sixteen hours later the most famous painting in the world, the Mona Lisa, had vanished. The theft of the Mona Lisa was the greatest crime ever to hit the art world. France closed her borders, a massive man-hunt was launched, even Picasso was a suspect - but all to no avail, the Mona Lisa had gone ntil two years later when a letter arrived in Florence signed Leonardo'; the painting was for sale. The Lost Mona Lisa uncovers the truth behind the crime of the century'. It is a story to rival the best detective fiction - a story of audacious thieves, art forgers, shadowy conmen, millionaire collectors, a global manhunt, and the most beautiful and enigmatic woman in the world, Mona Lisa Gioconda.

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Bantam Press

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0857501143

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9780857501141

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Basilica

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Sudden Sea

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Basilica

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The Lost Mona Lisa

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