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Alessandro Barbero
An Italian novel set in Gorbachev’s Russia examining the instability of a society in transition - a witty, insightful, and vibrant homage to the country and its great literature. A…
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Venice at the end of the 1500s is an unforgiving city. In a city where everyone is assumed guilty of something, a young stonemason has been accused of a crime…
The Athenian Women offers a powerful vision of class struggle, the subjugation of women, and the courage needed to change the course of history.
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Dante brings the legendary author–and the medieval Italy of his era– to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing. Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy…
A new biography of Dante in time for the 700th anniversary of his death.
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A lively and comprehensive biography of Charlemagne – the first one of significance in over 20 years – written by a well-known Italian historian, for the general reader.
The most important study of Charlemagne in a generation, this biography by distinguished medievalist Alessandro Barbero illuminates both the man and the world in which he lived. Charles the Great-Charlemagne-reigned…
Alessandro Barbero,Giovanni Ricci
