Italy is also doing well in books. Books in all areas. From books with Italian recipes to travel guides and from books about departures to Italy to Italy thrillers. Below you will find a selection of the books we have read and reviewed. You too can submit your review of an Italian book or a book with an Italian theme.
Pax is the last part of Tom Holland's trilogy about the Roman Empire, preceded by Rubicon and Dynasty. Pax is readable as a stand-alone book and is perhaps the most interesting book in the triptych, as it sketches the period of the powerful empire at its peak. Historian Tom Holland (1968) is the much […] More
Publisher Cargo sent me the book Bloemen van Steen by Ilaria Tuti. It is about women in the Italian Alps during the First World War. Italy then fought Austria, high in the mountains. These women, the portatrici, contributed to the battle by climbing the mountains with provisions, ammunition, and with the […] More
This time I present a short comic piece on the occasion of the publication of my book The Real Italy – Stories from everyday life. This book includes many of the columns published here in recent years, plus some new ones, such as the little story that follows. The intention is that it […] More
No country in the world has as much world heritage as Italy. In recent years, UNESCO has compiled a list of 1.154 World Heritage Sites in 167 countries. According to the UN agency's definition, this refers to 'cultural and natural heritage that is considered irreplaceable, unique and the property of the whole world', and therefore […] More
Italian cuisine has stolen our hearts from the very first plate of spaghetti. No wonder it's the biggest genre in the cookbook industry. Yet in recent years there has been a negative sauce over la cucina. Because 'you don't need a cookbook for a few plates of pasta, do you?' The 13 (plus 1) cookbooks below prove the opposite, because […] More
