Post by account_disabled on Dec 20, 2023 5:12:55 GMT
This time I highlight four books that I found interesting, two in Italian and two in English. It is an adventure novel, a fantasy, a children's horror novel and a historical novel. The Gold of Sparta by Clive Cussler The gold of SpartaAfter years spent hunting for treasures and secrets buried by history, the Fargo couple are used to discoveries and surprises of all kinds: however, what they find in the swamps of the Pocomoke River, in Maryland, is something truly curious: a German submarine dating back to Second World War, inside which there is a bottle of wine from Napoleon's famous "lost reserve".
The object turns out to be one of the twelve pieces of a puzzle - there are many bottles in the reserve - which should lead to a treasure of inestimable value, lost in the mists of time and found by chance by Napoleon during the crossing of the Alps. But where did the rest of the reserve go? And, above all, who is the mysterious adversary of Fargo, willing to kill Special Data without mercy to take possession of it? From Miaryland to the island of Elba, to the French Riviera, to Bavaria, Sam and Remi Fargo's search will be an adventurous journey that will lead to a shocking discovery... The gold of Sparta Longanesi 414 pages November 17, 2011 The Sword of Avalon The Sword of AvalonAlerted by one of her visions, Anderle, high priestess and Lady of Avalon, manages to save the little Mikantor, son of her cousin, from a fire started by the men of Galid, the usurper of their tribe's throne.
Mikantor is in fact the one whom the prophecies acclaim as the Son of a Hundred Kings, the warrior who will reunite the tribes to guide them in the battle against the forces of disintegration and chaos into which the world seems destined to sink. For this to come true, however, Mikantor will have to become aware of his own destiny and face a path full of obstacles and sacrifices, on a journey that will deprive him of the affection of his companions and of the sweet and stubborn Tirilan and which will see him land, as a slave, on the distant shores of the Middle Sea. Here his fate will intertwine with that of the new master, Velantos, to whom the gods have reserved the task of forging a sword from a material coming from the stars, an invincible sword that will close an era, reaching the hands of King Arthur intact.
The object turns out to be one of the twelve pieces of a puzzle - there are many bottles in the reserve - which should lead to a treasure of inestimable value, lost in the mists of time and found by chance by Napoleon during the crossing of the Alps. But where did the rest of the reserve go? And, above all, who is the mysterious adversary of Fargo, willing to kill Special Data without mercy to take possession of it? From Miaryland to the island of Elba, to the French Riviera, to Bavaria, Sam and Remi Fargo's search will be an adventurous journey that will lead to a shocking discovery... The gold of Sparta Longanesi 414 pages November 17, 2011 The Sword of Avalon The Sword of AvalonAlerted by one of her visions, Anderle, high priestess and Lady of Avalon, manages to save the little Mikantor, son of her cousin, from a fire started by the men of Galid, the usurper of their tribe's throne.
Mikantor is in fact the one whom the prophecies acclaim as the Son of a Hundred Kings, the warrior who will reunite the tribes to guide them in the battle against the forces of disintegration and chaos into which the world seems destined to sink. For this to come true, however, Mikantor will have to become aware of his own destiny and face a path full of obstacles and sacrifices, on a journey that will deprive him of the affection of his companions and of the sweet and stubborn Tirilan and which will see him land, as a slave, on the distant shores of the Middle Sea. Here his fate will intertwine with that of the new master, Velantos, to whom the gods have reserved the task of forging a sword from a material coming from the stars, an invincible sword that will close an era, reaching the hands of King Arthur intact.