{"product_id":"bernini-9780226055237","title":"Bernini","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBernini was a man driven by many passions, possessed of an explosive temper and a hearty sex drive, and he lived a life as dramatic as any of his creations. This title sets Bernini's raucous life against a vivid backdrop of baroque Rome, bustling and wealthy, and peopled by churchmen and bureaucrats, popes and politicians, schemes and secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By adopting the manner of a lecturer - teasingly mentioning things to come, employing the first-person plural as a teacher, roping students into his intellectual questing, throwing in some slang now and then, and without neglecting scholarship (this is a history of papal Rome as much as a biography) - Franco Mormando gives us a succulent reading experience. Quanto e doice.\" (Booklist)\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399927079255,"sku":"9780226055237","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226055237.jpg?v=1730469161","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bernini-9780226055237","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}