Dr. Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, archaeologist, and journalist. The professor of archaeology in the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan and a familiar face on European television, he has published a number of scientific articles and essays as well as thirteen novels, including the Alexander trilogy and The Last Legion. Alexander was published in thirty-six languages in fifty-five countries and was sold for a major film production in the U.S., and The Last Legion is soon to be a major motion picture starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley. Dr. Manfredi is married with two children and lives in a small town near Bologna.
An intelligent, knowledgeable and entertaining story, as much an education as an entertainment.
-- Bernard Cornwell, New York Times bestselling author of
Heretic
Entertaining and historically informed.
-- San Jose Mercury News
Manfredi is a masterful storyteller.
-- Publishers Weekly
Plenty of action, passion, and drama underscore this authentically
detailed historical adventure.
-- Booklist
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