..". comprehensive, readable, beautifully documented... I cannot imagine a library or a person seriously interested in Renaissance Rome without it." Manuscripta

"Brilliant synthesis. A must." Bibliotheque L Humanisme et Renaissance

..". no book in English or otherwise covers the breadth of Renaissance Rome as this one does. It will be definitive for a long time." Church History

..". attractively presented... stimulating... " Renaissance Studies

"In lively prose... the author paints a complex multilayered image of compelling vividness." History of European...