City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome Audiobook (Free)

“One lifetime isn’t enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray starts to show us why.

Growing up in Rome and spending a lot of his life in the town, William Murray is an expert direct as he takes us on an intimate walking tour of a few of Rome’s most glorious achievements, illuminating the history as well as the mythology that define the town. Murray leads us through the centro, the city’s historical downtown center. He writes about the Villa Borghese, the Piazza di Spagna, and the Trevi Fountain and represents such singular attractions as the Capuchin Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, whose macabre crypt provides impressed visitors from Tag Twain towards the Marquis de Sade.

As he strolls, he reveals stories that only a longtime resident would know, capturing the places, sounds, and tastes that produce Rome a combination of the deep past and the ever-sensual present.