Tag Archives: Italy

Book Review: Collected Poems

Posted on January 18, 2019 by nathanalbright

Collected Poems, by Primo Levi, translated by Ruth Feldman and Brian Swann This is a collection of poetry that is both dark and beautiful, spanning from the mid-40’s just after the poet was released from the German concentration camps where … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Letters To Juliet: Celebrating Shakespeare’s Greatest Heroine

Posted on August 27, 2017 by nathanalbright

Letters To Juliet:  Celebrating Shakespeare’s Greatest Heroine, The Magical City Of Verona, And The Power Of Love, by Lise Friedman & Ceil Friedman Like many people, I have participated in various reenactments of the famous balcony scene–once in the ninth … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Gironimo!

Posted on August 22, 2017 by nathanalbright

Gironimo!:  Riding The Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy, by Tim Moore The ending of the first paragraph gives the reader a good idea of what to expect for this volume as a whole, and presumably the author’s entire body … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thoughts On Machiavelli

Posted on May 9, 2017 by nathanalbright

Thoughts On Machiavelli, by Leo Strauss It is not to be wondered that Leo Strauss has, as a political philosopher, been subject to a great deal of popular disdain. He fully earned his bad reputation as a corrupter of philosophy, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking

Posted on October 1, 2016 by nathanalbright

Lidia’s Commonsense Italian Cooking:  150 Delicious And Simple Dishes That Anyone Can Cook, by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali Even when one reads cookbooks that offer a lot of recipes that one cannot or will not eat for … Continue reading →

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Machiavelli’s Revenge

Posted on July 26, 2016 by nathanalbright

For many years, one of my dream classes to teach on the university level would be a course on Machiavelli that would look at him from the point of view of history, literary criticism, and political philosophy, and that would … Continue reading →

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The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara

Posted on June 23, 2016 by nathanalbright

By Moritz Daniel Oppenheim – http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/156423/sothebys-edgardo-mortara, Photo by Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30245689 One of the fastest and surest ways for a nation to lose legitimacy in the eyes of others is by condoning the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Practical Italian Recipes For American Kitchens

Posted on March 31, 2016 by nathanalbright

Practical Italian Recipes For American Kitchens, by James B. Herndon This book is one of the volumes I occasionally read [1] as out-of-print but intriguing historical books that have a worthwhile pedigree. This particular volume was originally published in 1918, … Continue reading →

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Non-Book Review: Mercenaries And Their Masters

Posted on September 2, 2015 by nathanalbright

Mercenaries And Their Masters: Warfare In Renaissance Italy, by Michael Mallett As someone with a personal interest in mercenaries [1], I was glad to be able to review this book for the De Re Militari when my previous book review … Continue reading →

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Book Review: History Of The Langobards

Posted on August 12, 2015 by nathanalbright

History Of The Langobards, by Paul The Deacon This book, admittedly obscure, was written in the late 8th century AD by an illustrious Lombard who had retired to a monastery but served as an occasional diplomat in the court of … Continue reading →

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