**Robert Katz is the author of twelve previous books, including the international bestseller Death in Rome.His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire,and Military History Quarterly. A fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation an...

**Robert Katz is the author of twelve previous books, including the international bestseller Death in Rome.His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire,and Military History Quarterly. A fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he lived in Rome for nearly twenty years and now lives in Tuscany in Italy.