Tag: Michela Veneri
Jane Austen – Lady Susan
The art of planning the heart
This is a ruthless epistolary novel, apparently with no way out, and a symptom of the long, dark days...
Leo Africanus, a Man between Two Worlds
Leo Africanus was a complex character who led a rich and adventurous life. Actually, he was not really an African, but an Arab born...
Luigi Russo – Characters of the Betrothed
Precious advice from an old uncle
A classic essay of the high school years, always quoted and heard quoted, but taken up again only decades...
Renzo De Felice – Mussolini the Ally. I. Italy at War...
Professor Renzo, the Obscure
One of the tomes of the colossal biography of Benito Mussolini, this volume is about the fall in popularity of the...
Georges Simenon – Red Lights
A Simenon to discover
A noir with a decidedly American flavour. A “road story” where the reader is swept along with the protagonist, in a...
