He has published nine works of fiction, including the ‘Alexander’ trilogy, translated into twenty-seven languages in forty-two countries.
He has written and hosted documentaries on the ancient world transmitted by the main television networks, and has written fiction for cinema and television as well.
He lives with his family in the countryside near Bologna, Italy.
Also by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
ALEXANDER: CHILD OF A DREAM
ALEXANDER: THE SANDS OF AMMON
ALEXANDER: THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
SPARTAN
THE LAST LEGION
THE TALISMAN OF TROY
THE TYRANT
Endnote
1 A slight change was made in the original ‘I’m naked, I’m cold’ (rendered as ‘She’s naked. She’s cold’ in English) in order to maintain the feminine meaning expressed by the adjectives in the ancient Greek.
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