This fresh and up-to-date interpretation of India's rich and extraordinary history, written by a leading authority in the field, explores themes in ancient, medieval and especially modern India. Peter Robb's accessible study analyses India's civilizations, empires and regions through the ages, and n[...]

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From the author of "M" and "A Death in Brazil" comes "Midnight in Sicily."
South of mainland Italy lies the island of Sicily, home to an ancient culture that--with its stark landscapes[...]

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness. Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his [...]

On March 16, 1978, Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed and kidnapped by the Red Brigades terrorist group in Rome. Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the trunk of a car parked in the crowded center of Rome. An essayist with a reputation for independence, Leonardo Sc[...]

I 1995 vendte den australske journalisten og forfatteren Peter Robb tilbake til syd-Italia etter å ha bodd i Napoli fra 1978-1992. Han innleder sitt gjensyn med Italia i Palermo og drar på en reise inn i Sicilias mørke hjerte hvor gastronomi, kunst, historie og litteratur brukes til å avdekke re[...]