Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that draw readers through the rich layers that make up her hometown. By Igiaba Scego Read Your Way Around the World is a ...

Originally written in 121 CE during Emperor Hadrian's time (the one who built Hadrian's Wall, where you can still hike today ...

Before visiting Rome, Vatican City, and Italy's religious sites, read this Rick Steves-recommended book to better understand the popes and their history.

This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates Rome and books set around Italy’s Eternal City. Even if you aren’t familiar with the books, your knowledge of Rome’s landmarks should help you.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri considers Rome, Italy, her home. She wrote her latest short story collection first in Italian. Then, with editor Todd Portnowitz, Lahiri translated her ...

Whether it our own family legacy or the history of the world, there has never been a more important time to remember the ...

The ruins of Rome have served as a Rorschach test for centuries, with spectators projecting onto them their hopes, fears, or even disappointments. As early as 1411 the Greek scholar Manuel ...

KING OF PONTUS (208 pp.)—Alfred Duggan—Coward-McCann ($3.95). “Mithridates, he died old,” sang A. E. Housman in A Shropshire Lad—leaving it largely up to his readers to know who ...

THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA (215 pp.)—Alfred Hayes—Harper ($2.50). Robert was not an especially adventurous man; back in Buffalo he had been a hardworking, uninspired advertising salesman.

As Emily In Paris relocates to the Italian capital, Harry Styles is regularly spotted on its cobbled streets, and the likes ...