Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Author of Alexander: Child of a Dream

104+ Works 8,538 Members 195 Reviews 12 Favorited

About the Author

Italian historian and archaeologist Valerio Massimo Manfredi is a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Milan. He was named Man of the Year 1999 by the American Biographical Institute for this bestselling trilogy. Manfredi's books have been published in France, Germany, Greece, show more Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: V. M. Manfredi, Valerio Manfredi, Manfredi Valerio, Valerio M. Manfredi, Valerio Ma Manfredi, Valerio M. Manfredi, Valerio M. Manfredi, Valerio Maximo Manfredi, Valerio Massim Manfredi, Valerio Massimo Manfedi, Valerio Masimo Manfredi, Manfredi Massimo Valerio, Massimo Valerio Manfredi, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Manfredi Valerio Massimo, Valerio Alessandro Manfredi, Валерио Масимо Манфреди

Image credit: Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1943-), Italian writer and archaeologist.

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Alexander

Il mio nome è Nessuno

Aleksander Wielki

Works by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Popular Recent

Alexander: Child of a Dream (2001) 1,137 copies, 21 reviews

The Last Legion (2002) 863 copies, 21 reviews

Alexander: The Sands of Ammon (1998) 849 copies, 15 reviews

Alexander: The Ends of the Earth (1998) 772 copies, 10 reviews

Spartan (1988) 666 copies, 15 reviews

Empire of Dragons (2005) 439 copies, 7 reviews

The Lost Army (2008) 401 copies, 7 reviews

Tyrant (2003) 369 copies, 8 reviews

The Ides of March (2008) 361 copies, 11 reviews

Heroes (1994) 334 copies, 5 reviews

Pharaoh (1998) 304 copies, 4 reviews

The Tower (1996) 255 copies, 10 reviews

The Oracle (1990) 226 copies, 4 reviews

Alexander the Great (1998) 196 copies, 5 reviews

Il mio nome è Nessuno. Il giuramento (2012) 160 copies, 6 reviews

Chimaira (2001) 159 copies, 4 reviews

Palladion (1991) 105 copies, 6 reviews

The Ancient Curse (2010) 103 copies, 4 reviews

Akropolis. La grande epopea di Atene (2000) 97 copies, 4 reviews

Odysseus: The Return: Book Two (2014) 76 copies, 2 reviews

La tomba di Alessandro (1900) 74 copies, 2 reviews

Teutoburgo (1994) 66 copies, 4 reviews

L'isola Dei Morti (Oscar Bestsellers) (2004) 60 copies, 1 review

I cento cavalieri (2002) 52 copies

El caballero invisible (2003) 47 copies, 4 reviews

I greci d'Occidente (1996) 31 copies

Otel Bruni (2011) 31 copies, 5 reviews

A Winter's Night (2012) 29 copies, 1 review

Mare greco: eroi ed esploratori nel Mediterraneo antico (1992) 23 copies

Zeus e altri racconti (2006) 21 copies

El Complot Contra Los Escipiones/ The Complot Against The Scipios (Best Sellers) (Spanish Edition) (2007) 15 copies

Imperio (2004) 15 copies, 1 review

Antica madre (2019) 13 copies, 1 review

Il romanzo di Odisseo (2013) 13 copies

Petra e le città morte della Siria (1989) 13 copies

Le meraviglie del mondo antico (2014) 11 copies

Quinto comandamento (2018) 10 copies, 1 review

Archanes e altri racconti (2010) 10 copies

Archanes (2007) 9 copies

Le inchieste del colonnello Reggiani (2015) 8 copies

Andare per l'Italia etrusca (2016) 7 copies

Il mio nome è Nessuno vol. 3 - L'oracolo (2014) 7 copies

El ocaso de Roma y otros relatos (2012) 6 copies

L'oste dell'ultima ora (2013) 5 copies, 1 review

Sei lezioni di storia e altre incursioni nel mondo antico (2018) 5 copies

S.P.Q.R. (2012) 4 copies

Eroi: Lo scudo di Talos-Le paludi di Hesperia-L'armata perduta (2011) 4 copies

Μέγας Αλέξανδρος: ο γιος του ονείρου (2006) 4 copies

Quaranta giorni (2020) 4 copies

Midget War 4 copies

La strada dei diecimila: topografia e geografia dell'Oriente di Senofonte (1986) 3 copies

megas alexandros / μέγας αλέξανδρος (2000) 3 copies

Tesori dal buio. Le inchieste del colonnello Reggiani (1994) 2 copies

Prima di Roma: Storia dell'Italia da Enea ad Annibale 2 copies

megas alexandros / μέγας αλέξανδρος (2006) 2 copies

Quimaira 2 copies

Sentimento italiano. Storia, arte, natura di un popolo inimitabile (2019) 2 copies

Il mio nome è Nessuno vol. 3 - L'oracolo 2 copies, 1 review

I racconti (2015) 2 copies

COME ROMA INSEGNA 1 copy

Le indagini del colonnello Reggiani 1 copy

L’IMPERO DEI DRAGHI 2005 1 copy

Le 7 meraviglie del mondo antico 1 copy

Aleksandri, Kufiri i botës 1 copy, 1 review

Aleksandri, Shkretëtira e Amonit 1 copy, 1 review

Aleksandri, Biri i ëndrrës 1 copy, 1 review

Μέγας Αλέξανδρος: Το μυστικό του τάφου του (2009) 1 copy

Carstvo zmajeva 1 copy

L'ARMATA PERDUTA. Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Mondadori. 1 copy

Il romanzo di Diomede 1 copy

Alèxandros 1 copy

ALEKSANDRI 2 1 copy

ALEKSANDRI 3 1 copy

TEUTOBURGU 1 copy

ALEKSANDRI 1 copy

L'Italia etrusca 1 copy

Büyülü Rüzgar 1: Hayalet Kalesi 1 copy

Appia: Regina Viarum 1 copy

Akrópolis (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

Germanico (Italian Edition) 1 copy

Aleksandri, Biri i ëndrrës 1 copy, 1 review

الإسكندر: فتى الحلم 1 copy

Perandoria e Dragonjve 1 copy

la carretera 1 copy

En complot contra los escipiones y otros relatos 1 copy

Η επιστροφή από την Τροία 1 copy

ZEUS e altri racconti (2016) 1 copy

AQUILEIA defensores urbis 1 copy

Alexandros 1 copy

Pétra et les villes mortes de Syrie (Les Passeports de l'art) 1 copy

Descanso verdadero, Un (2014) 1 copy

الإسكندر 3: أقاصي الأرض 1 copy

Aléxandros II: Le sabbie di Amon 1 copy

الإسكندر 2: رمال آمون 1 copy

L'ULTIMA LEGIONE, Valerio Massimo 1 copy

Come Roma insegna 1 copy

Potomek Boskiego Węża (2009) 1 copy

Piaski Amona 1 copy

Na granicy świata 1 copy

Alexandros. Edizione illustrata 1 copy

La herencia de Roma (2022) 1 copy

Akrópolis (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

Seis lecciones de historia 1 copy

Das Reich der Drachen: Historischer Thriller (2008) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Anabasis [in translation] (0370) — some editions — 2,473 copies, 51 reviews

Attentato al n° 10 (Higgins Jack)- Il caso Forrester (Denker Harry)- L'oracolo (Manfredi Valerio) - Il volo del cigno… — Author — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Manfredi, Valerio Massimo
Legal name: Manfredi, Valerio Massimo
Other names: Manfredi, Valerio M.
Birthdate: 1943-03-08
Gender: male
Nationality: Italy (birth)
Country (for map): Italy
Birthplace: Castelfranco Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Places of residence: Rome, Italy
Education: University of Bologna
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Occupations: historian
archaeologist
journalist
novelist
Organizations: Università Bocconi
University of Venice
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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Reviews

The Last Legion by Valerio Manfredi

I hadn't known that the movie (starring Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley) was from a book until someone here mentioned it. This is one of my all time favourite movies so, of course, I had to get the book. The rule is - the book is always better, right? But how do you beat a 5 star rating for a movie? I started it with trepidation knowing there would be changes (the movies that are practically word for word with the book are few and far between).

The movie casting was spot on with the exception of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan being cast as the love interest Mira from an Indian family (which meant creating a story line that wasn't in the book) instead of Livia who was from Venice. The trip to Britannia is different. John Hannah is cast as Nestor, the Roman senator who betrays the group. I love Hannah, so I was cool with that, but it meant cutting out a lot of the story plot which may have been done with the length of the film in mind.

But all in all, the book gave depth to the story. I loved it and will look for a decent hardcover copy. The movie carried all the essentials.… (more)

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mysterymax | 20 other reviews | Dec 8, 2024 |

The Last Legion by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

The passage of the novel often drags, despite the thrilling background.
Also, the characters lack depth and nuance. Perhaps the fault of a poor translation.

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lethalda | 20 other reviews | Jul 16, 2024 |

Akropolis: La grande epopea di Atene (Italian Edition) by Valerio Manfredi

Magari avessi studiato storia su un libro così al liceo!!! :)
Bello, esaltante, ma forse sono di parte perché adoro quella cultura e quel periodo...

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Valek626 | 3 other reviews | Jun 17, 2024 |

L'ultima legione by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Bello, ma rispetto ad altri gli manca qualcosa: l'autore stesso dichiara di averlo scritto pensando di farne un film, e secondo me questo si rileva, soprattutto nella prima parte, dove manca un po' di quella ricchezza che in altri suoi libri ho trovato.

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Valek626 | 20 other reviews | Jun 17, 2024 |

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