by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804546252
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«Il tiranno» is a historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi published by Mondadori in paperback (424 pages, in Italian).
In 412 BC, the young soldier Dionysius of Syracuse witnesses the slaughter of Selinunte by the Carthaginians and concludes that democracy is ineffective in protecting his land. His ambition leads him to rise as a leader, expel Carthage, and form the largest army of Antiquity.
The novel was originally published in 2003; the 2005 edition belongs to the Oscar Bestsellers collection.
For readers of historical fiction set in Antiquity and in the conflict between Greeks and Carthaginians in Sicily.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
