Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio

Liebreich, Karen

ISBN 10: 0802117848 / ISBN 13: 9780802117847

Published by Grove Press, New York, NY, 2004

About this Item

336 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. First Edition / First Printing. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy, and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio
• Publisher: Grove Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802117848
• ISBN 13: 9780802117847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good to Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good to Near Fine Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A multifaceted study of seventeenth-century Rome captures the political intrigues, personal rivalries, and Byzantine workings of the Vatican and the Catholic Church in a study of the Piarist Order, an educational order abolished in 1646 because of the sexual abuse of children and the cover-ups and deceptions practiced by the Church. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author

Karen Liebreich has a doctorate in history from Cambridge University and a research diploma from the European University Institute in Florence. She has worked as a cultural assistant for the French Institute in London, and has been a television documentary researcher and producer. She is the author of Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio (2004) and The Letter in the Bottle: A True Story (2006).