The Book: Subtitled "How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture," this true story tells the tale of the goldsmith and clock maker who won the competition to design and oversee the construction of what is still the world's largest dome, for the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Against a backdrop of plagues, wars, political and personal feuds, Filippo Brunelleschi spent 28 years solving the puzzles of the dome's design and construction.
The Author: Ross King is the author of two novels and lives in England, near Oxford.
