by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · DEBOLSILLO · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499895536
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«El ocaso de Roma y otros relatos» is the historical short story collection by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, in paperback edition (248 pages, in Spanish).
Four stories spanning the ancient world: Rome invaded by the Lombards, the search for Phidias's Zeus, Mesopotamian art trafficking, and a competition in New York evoking the gladiators. Manfredi, an archaeologist, turns history into agile, cinematic narratives, drawing parallels between Antiquity and the present.
Part of the Best Seller collection from Debolsillo. Translated by José Ramón Monreal Salvador and Jofre Homedes Beutnagel.
For readers of historical fiction and short stories interested in classical Antiquity.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
