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”.

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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?