Subject: Italy -- Biography (Keywords)

When Alex Zanardi lost both his legs in a terrible Champcar crash in 2001, it looked as though his racing career was over. But, showing incredible courage and determination, he has made his comeback, racing only two years after the crash that nearly killed him. This is his remarkable story.

On the 28th of March 1944, six-year-old Tati and her four-year-old sister Andra were roused from their sleep and arrested. Along with their mother, Mira, their aunt and cousin Sergio, they were deported to Auschwitz. Over 230,000 children were deported to the camp, where Josef Mengele, the Angel ...

'The Black Prince of Florence' is a dramatic tale of assassination, spying and betrayal in the opulent, cut-throat world of Renaissance Italy.

On a hill above the Italian village of Ravello stands the Villa Cimbrone, a place of fantasy and make-believe. The characters that move through Michael Holroyd's book are destined never to meet as they lived through different eras and reside in different countries. Yet the Villa Cimbrone unites t...

On a hill above the Italian village of Ravello stands the Villa Cimbrone a place of fantasy and make-believe. The characters that move through Michael Holroyd's book are destined never to meet as they lived through different eras and reside in different countries. Yet the Villa Cimbrone unites th...

The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of this remarkable family is far more than a tale of sensational depravities, it also marks a decisive stage in European...