num_pages: 400
description: Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called "one of the best English-language writers on Italy" by the New York Times Book Review , and in The Sack of Rome he sets out to answer the What happens when vast wealth, a virtual media monopoly, and acute shamelessness combine in one man? Many are the crimes of Silvio Berlusconi, Stille argues, and, with deft analysis, he weaves them into a single mesmerizing chronicle—an epic saga of rank criminality, cronyism, and self-dealing at the highest levels of power.
language: English
title: The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi
titlecomplete: The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi
genres: Biography, History, Politics, Italy, Nonfiction, Journalism
ratings_count: 182
publisher: Penguin Books