Vatican: A Private Visit to a Secret World

242 pages 200 illustrations English language Released in December 2022 Handcrafted volume in a velvet clamshell case with metal plate tip-on Complimentary white gloves and a signature canvas tote bag are included with each purchase from Assouline's Ultimate Collection Dimensions: W 15.7 x L 19 x D 3.2 in More than just an enclave within the city of Rome, the Vatican is a complex city-state that for many people still conjures up notions of secrecy. The Vatican has always exercised powers of fascination and seduction over us, with its history stretching back nearly twenty centuries, its spirituality, its scandals and its enigmas. As a fantasy world, it has inspired cinematic visions from Federico Fellini’s Roma to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part III and Paolo Sorrentino’s The New Pope. But what is the real Vatican?With nearly three hundred popes and antipopes, not to mention a fictitious female pope, among these figures there are a few saints and many sinners. To borr