Italian Adventure

A good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy, brandishing a biting wit, a fake passport, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape, force the cruel to be kind, and unravel the mystery, weight, and meaning of family.

My main priority as the mafia boss is protecting my queen. When I first laid eyes on Lexis as a boy those dark brown eyes and her pretty brown skin drew me in. I had to meet her. Get close to her. Remain close to her. We became best friends. I consoled her when she felt abandoned by her mother. My father dropped a bomb in my lap when I was sixteen. I learned I’d become the next mafia boss of the Esposito’s. Dad said I needed to let her go. Her grandmother told her to run away from me and don’t look back. She had no idea I sank my teeth into the mahogany beauty a long time ago. She’s...

La storia è costellata di scontri frontali fra grandi personaggi che emergono sui rispettivi contemporanei. Duelli all'ultimo sangue che danno alle vicende storiche un carattere epico ed eroico, fissando nella memoria collettiva le gesta dei singoli, spesso fino a oscurare il relativo contesto storico. Il drammatico scontro fra Gaio Giulio Cesare e Gneo Pompeo Magno rappresenta un perfetto esempio di questo tipo di personalizzazione della storia.