Luca Nava: 4 books

“The day after Demetrio took up his customary life. Only one fact was unusual: along the way to his office a dog was following him. It was Thursday. As the dog nuzzled up closer, he warned him: ‘Go away, leave me in peace, …’ ‘Beb,’ replied Thursday warmly, scrutinizing the man with eager...

Set on the eve of the Italian Risorgimento, the novel describes a world of complex politics and mixed loyalties. The Lombard lake region is occupied by the Austrians, while Italian patriots plot in secret for the liberation of their homeland. The political drama is the framework for a second plot line: the story of Franco Maironi and Luisa Rigey. The story of two different souls.

During the conquest war of the Kingdom of Naples (1502-1504) between Spain and France, in the course of the siege of Barletta by the French, the captain Guy de la Mothe, who was the prisoner of the Spanish troops, insulted the honour of Italians fighting on the Spanish side. What followed was the...

It is a historical novel written in 1850 concerning Italian and European events of those years, paying attention to the action of Carboneria and Church. The historical outline is the setting of the story of the “Jew of Verona” and the characters involved in his human occurrences. The time of social,...