Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Elba. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Elba. Show all posts

27 January 2024

Marco Malvaldi – crime writer and chemist

Author has mastered the science of detective fiction Marco Malvadi began his writing career with La briscola in cinque Novelist Marco Malval...

5 June 2018

Carmine Crocco - soldier and brigand

Bandit seen by peasants as Italy’s ‘Robin Hood’ Carmine Crocco nurtured a hatred for people of wealth and nobility Carmine Crocco, wh...

26 February 2016

Napoleon escapes from Elba

Emperor leaves idyllic island to face his Waterloo The French painter Joseph Baume's 1836 picture of Napoleon about to depart fro...

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