I had read the first pages and, oddly, renounced! Too many abject images! What made me take it back, it is the 4th cover which spoke of Florence ... And as we go in one month ... I thought 'why not'? This time I have not left! This book is full of details of the town ... Makes you want to follow the footsteps of Langdon Palazzio Vecchio, where we'll take binoculars to observe the Vasari fresco of 'The Battle of Marciano' in search of the mysterious "Cerca Trova" (p .204) and seek the death mask of Dante in the "andito, a passage between two rooms, where it is in an old storefront along the wall, so many visitors pass by without seeing '(p. 224) ... In the Boboli Gardens, Pitti Palace, to discover the cave Buontalenti bordered by the Vasari Corridor, allowing Medici joined the Palazzio Vecchio, discreetly, across the Arno from the Pitti Palace where they lived (p.172) ... Without forgetting to pay special attention to the Baptistry St John the Baptist in front of the Duomo, where Dante was baptized: "The mosaics of the vault are breathtaking" and "the massive doors decorated with reliefs depict Biblical scenes such quality that Giorgio Vasari wrote that these doors were "Perfection in every way ... the best work ever created" ... It was Michelangelo, however, who had given them a name, a qualifier that had lasted until today. He said that these doors were so beautiful they could have been ... The gates of heaven. "(P.310) ... These are just a few examples! In addition, the story is breathless intrigue superbly conducted ... and the subject of great concern society! Mr. Brown Hat