Not sure why but I have been thinking about this book lately. I read it in 2007 while I was in Rome. I had finished all the books I bought to travel with so I found a bookstore with one row or so of English language book. I had just seen the Pantheon and thought "Oh the man who build it, let me read about him."

Well the book has more depth, emotion and insight than I expected, it has become a favorite I plan on re-reading soon.

Especially worth reading if you are interested in human insight of a leader but also the impact of romance, love on a man that has no peer. Also what it is like being a 'foreigner.' All in all just a great story of being human.