Valerio Massimo Manfredi

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born

January 01, 1943 in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emili, Italy

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http://www.valeriomassimomanfredi.it

genre

Historical Fiction

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Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1943) is an Italian historian, writer, archaeologist and journalist. He was born in Piumazzo di Castelfranco Emilia, province of Modena and is married to Christine Fedderson Manfredi, who translates his published works from Italian to English. They have two children and live in a small town near Bologna.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi defines himself as an "Ancient World Topographer". Since 1978 he spends his time teaching in several European universities, digging ruins in the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, and writing novels.
The Professor of Classical Archaeology in the "Luigi Bocconi" University of Milan and a familiar face on European television, he has led scientific expeditions, excavations and exploratio...more

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Average rating: 3.66 · 6,013 ratings · 352 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Child of a Dream by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Iain Halliday (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,036 ratings — published 1998 — 36 editions	My rating:
	The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Iain Halliday (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 1998 — 29 editions	My rating:
	The Ends of the Earth 3.90 avg rating — 742 ratings — published 1998 — 29 editions	My rating:
	The Last Legion 3.69 avg rating — 721 ratings — published 2002 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Spartan 3.56 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 1988 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Empire of Dragons 3.60 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1999 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Tyrant. Valerio Massimo Manfredi 3.47 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Lost Army 3.67 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Pharaoh. Valerio Massimo Manfredi 3.33 avg rating — 182 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Oracle. Valerio Massimo Manfredi 3.30 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	My rating:

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Alexandros (3 books)
by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

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Quotes by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

“History sometimes reproduces, at a distance of many years, the same combinations of circumstances that generate great achievements. But nothing ever repeats itself in exactly the same way.”
― Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Child of a Dream

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“There are no simple answers to complex problems.”
― Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Child of a Dream

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“Remember, my boy, I never fight for the pleasure of wielding weapons. War, for me, is simply politics by other means.”
― Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Child of a Dream

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