Valerio Massimo Manfredi

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Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943) is an Italian scholar of archaeology, journalist, TV host, mainly famous as historical novelist. His books have been translated into several languages. During 2004 he adapted his novel Alexander for the big screen. This is not the Oliver Stone-version but a planned movie to be directed by Baz Luhrman.

He currently teaches in The University of Economics Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy.

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[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Alexander novels

  1. Il figlio del sogno (Child of a Dream, 1998)
  2. Le sabbie di Amon (Sands of Ammon, 1998)
  3. Il confine del mondo (Ends of the Earth, 1998)

[edit] Other fiction works

  • Palladion (Palladion, 1988)
  • Lo scudo di Talos (The Spartan, 1990)
  • L'oracolo (The Oracle, 1992]])
  • Le paludi di Hesperia (The Talisman of Troy, 1995)
  • La torre della solitudine (Tower of Solitude, 1997)
  • Il faraone delle sabbie (1998)
  • Vignola 1575 - Un oscuro delitto (1999)
  • Akropolis. La grande epopea di Atene (2000)
  • Chimaira (Chimaira', 2001)
  • I cento cavalieri (2002, short story collection)
  • L'ultima legione (The Last Legion, 2002)
  • Il tiranno (Tyrant, 2003)
  • L'isola dei morti (2004)
  • L'impero dei draghi (Empire of the Dragons, 2005)

[edit] Essays

  • Mare Greco. Eroi ed esploratori del mondo antico ("Greek Sea", 1994)
  • I Celti in Italia ("The Celts in Italy", 1999)
  • I Greci d'occidente ("The Western Greeks", 2000)
  • Gli Etruschi in Val Padana ("The Etruscans in the Po Valley", 2003)
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