rome (italy)

Investigating the suspicious death of a man on the streets of ancient Rome, Questura detective Nic Costa interviews the victim's haunted daughter and discovers unsettling links between the case and a murder from centuries earlier.

Former government assassin Toby O'Dare is summoned to fifteenth-century Rome at the height of the Italian Renaissance to solve a poisoning murder linked to an earthbound spirit, a case complicated by dark ecclesiastical plots.

The orphan Madeline catches a thief and makes a friend in Rome.

Dodsworth and his duck companion have a lovely time in Rome, even though the duck tries to improve the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and takes all the coins from the Trevi Fountain.

Presents a fictional fantasy about man-eating unicorns with enormous fangs and razor-sharp horns. Astrid's mother has kept these tales alive for a long time despite her daughter's disbelief about them. But when one of the unicorns attacks Astrid's boyfriend making him unable to escort her to the prom, Astrid heads for Rome to train as a unicorn hunter.

Discusses the Roman Colosseum including why it was built, who built it, how it was constructed, how it has been used, its closure and deterioration, and its repair and restoration.

Describes the building of the Colosseum in ancient Rome, and tells how it was used.

Presents a study of the Roman Colosseum and discusses how it was built, how it was used, and later attempts to repair and restore it.

Emma Goldman O'Bannion travels to Rome for the reading of her estranged father's will, and becomes involved in unraveling the mystery of his life, and his connection to a troubled old man named Bobby Lazarus.

A practcal orientation for traveleres with deeper insight into the art history of Rome and teh Vatican City.