Reinhardt:Blutiger Karneval

Rome is at the peak of the High Renaissance when, on May 6, 1527, an army of the most Catholic Emperor Charles V storms the Eternal City, subsequently establishing a regime of terror along the Tiber – the sack of Rome. Pope Clement VII must endure months of captivity in the Castel Sant'Angelo after the capture of Rome, trapped in his own capital. The situation is further intensified by the fact that a large portion of the imperial mercenaries are Lutheran-minded landsknechts who believe they are fighting the Antichrist in person.

Volker Reinhardt, bestselling author, esteemed stylist, and one of the foremost experts on the Italian Renaissance, transforms this material into a masterpiece of historical reconstruction.