It was the biggest seaborne landing in history; a difficult campaign, not least because of the heat. Its success was hard-won, and crucial to the course of the war.
A superb narrative of the 'underside' of the Italian Renaissance: the Genoese and Neapolitans; the women writers, Jewish merchants, mercenaries, engineers, prostitutes, farmers and citizens ... read more
A young Sicilian woman delves into her family's history, their relationships, intrigues, betrayals, struggles. This is a new translation and the first unabridged version of what is widely co... read more
In the 1550s, a Venetian public servant produced three anonymous volumes of geographical data, some of it well known, some hitherto secret: Renaissance Wikileaks.
Grigson's first book on Pugliese cooking after moving to the heel of Italy five years ago: generous and informal food from the coast to the hills around Basilicata and Calabria. Fish, meat, ... read more
It is nearly thirty years since Aciman's superb memoir of his Alexandria childhood, Out of Egypt. Since Call Me By Your Name he has mutated from an academic scholar of Proust into a bestsell... read more
A new edition of this splendid book, in a smaller format and illustrated with a few drawings rather than photographs. Roddy writes wonderfully about Testaccio (where she has lived for over a... read more