Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal
Subtitle: Building St. Peter's
Publisher: Plume
Published: May 29, 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780452288607
First sentence: Wrapped in a lavender cloak the color of dusk, riding headlong against a sharp north wind, Michelangelo Buonarroti made his escape.