The Blue Talkz...: Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

Recently [while I've not been doing any blogging] I've been doing a lot of re-reading. One of the books I recently re-read - ok, not exactly re-read but more like re-skimmed, just because I find it quite entertaining somehow - is Ross King's book on "Brunelleschi's Dome".

Long story short, I now know that Ross King is probably one of my favourite history / art authors. This was the first book I read from him, as per the recommendation of a historian friend, and really had fun with it.

I think what I most enjoyed about the book is that it doesn't feel like your classical history textbook. You're not bombarded by a bunch of what most academics might consider important facts. Instead there's attention to some personal and rather entertaining details in regards to the people and events involved. You get a good picture of why a certain character behaved a certain way or what was going on inside their head.

Now I'm just going to have to figure out which of his books I'm going to read next. Any suggestions?

Labels: Authors, Books, History, Reading