by Luigi Malerba · Mondadori · tapa dura · ISBN 9788804332138
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«Il fuoco greco» is the historical novel by Luigi Malerba, published by Mondadori in hardcover (253 pages, in Italian).
In the court of Byzantium, the regent Theophano pulls the strings of power with the secret formula of Greek fire, the incendiary weapon that for centuries gave the Byzantine fleet dominance of the Mediterranean. With this weapon she eliminates her rivals, but ends up trapped by the logic of power. A portrait of a brutal era in which characters lose their sense of things.
«Il fuoco greco» is part of Mondadori's Scrittori italiani e stranieri collection, in its first edition of 1990.
For readers of historical fiction, with an interest in the Byzantine Empire and courtly struggles for power.
Luigi Malerba, born Luigi Bonardi, was an Italian author known for his short stories, historical novels, and screenplays. He was a prominent figure in the Neoavanguardia movement and co-founded Gruppo 63, a literary collective influenced by Marxism and Structuralism. Some of his most renowned works include La scoperta dell'alfabeto, The Serpent, What Is This Buzzing, Do You Hear It Too?, Dopo il pescecane, Testa d'argento, Il fuoco greco, Le pietre volanti, Roman Ghosts, and Ithaca Forever: Penelope Speaks. Malerba also wrote several stories and novels for children, collaborating on some of them with Tonino Guerra.
