Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal
Subtitle: Building St. Peter's
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: June 8, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780670037766
Subjects: Religious Buildings; Vatican City; History - General; Architecture Of Specific Structures; Religious Buildings Architecture; Architecture; History - General History; Renaissance; History; Italy; Christianity - History - Catholic; History / Europe / General; Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano; Buildings, structures, etc
First sentence: Wrapped in a lavender cloak the color of dusk, riding headlong against a sharp north wind, Michelangelo Buonarroti made his escape.