Dante: A Life

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Price
$28.95  $26.92
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Publish Date
Pages
352
Dimensions
5.9 X 9.1 X 1.5 inches | 1.15 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781643139135

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About the Author
Alessandro Barbero is an Italian historian, novelist, and essayist. He won the 1996 Strega Prize, for Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle gentiluomo. Barbero is the author of The Battle, an account of the Battle of Waterloo; The Day of the Barbarians, the story of the Battle of Adrianople; and Charlemagne--all published in Britain. He writes for Il Sole 24 Ore and La Stampa, is the editor of Storia d'Europa e del Mediterranean, and regularly appears on Italian television and radio. In 2005, the Republic of France awarded Barbero with the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He lives in Italy and Dante is his first book to be published in America.

Allan Cameron has translated twenty-four books including The Anonymous Novel by Alessando Barbero. He lives in Glasgow.

Allan Cameron has translated twenty-four books including The Anonymous Novel by Alessando Barbero. He lives in Glasgow.
Reviews
"A masterful biography of the great Italian poet, deftly translated by Allan Cameron. A definitive portrait of a literary titan."-- "Booklist (starred)"
"Seven hundred years after Dante Alighieri's death, a new biography parses the elusive life of one of civilization's greatest poets. Many of the details of Dante's life, even the date of his birth, are lost to time, but Barbero is an indefatigable detective when it comes to piecing together a narrative from the historical record. His mission is not merely to sketch the possibilities of Dante's private life but, perhaps even more so, to place Dante within the context of his times."-- "BookPage"