David Gilmour is one of Britain's most admired and accomplished historical writers and biographers. His previous books include The Last Leopard - A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa (winner of the Marsh Biography Award) Curzon (Duff Cooper Prize) and Long Recessional-The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling (Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography).
David Gilmour's elegantly written book is full of impressive
insights and can be recommended without hesitation as a
stimulating, up-to-date and reliable guide to modern Italian
history for the general reader. Gilmour's book displays deep
knowledge of Italy and is scholarly but never dense.
*Financial Times*
A highly idiosyncratic meander through the peninsula's history led
by a witty guide with an elegant prose style and a mind
delightfully furnished with anecdotes and dictums, sensual
impressions and conversations. This is a clever and erudite
book.
*Sunday Telegraph*
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