'This is the stuff of legends' - The Guardian
secrets and lies - and it will linger long after you turn the surprising final page
Long Afternoon is at once a page-turning mystery and an intoxicating vision of the ways in which women everywhere are diminished
Yet this is where civilization itself began
In a world where demons feed on unsuspecting humans
Tim Parks: The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna [2022] paperback 995 'This is the stuff of'Elegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best' Orlando Figes In the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's legendary revolutionary hero, fled Rome and led 4,000 of his men hundreds of miles through Umbria and Tuscany, then across the Apennines, Italy's mountainous spine, toward the refuge of the Venetian Republic. After thirty two exhausting days of skirmishes and adventures, only 250 survivors reached the