Kneale knows the city like few others (viz his Rome: A History in Seven Sackings, pbk £10.99). His writing is also a delight, so his account of lockdown is worth reading.
The Rome Plague Diaries: Lockdown Life in the Eternal City
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978183895301004/02/2021From a Bookshelf nearby
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How an ancient Greek text on mathematics shaped 2000 years of art, philosophy and literature, as well as science and maths.
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Beautifully written and sensitive to his subject, this is a moving novel about Lampedusa, his remarkable wife Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee, and the writing of 'The Leopard'.

