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The Historical Novelist

Gerardo Manzo

writing what's missing between the lines of criminal records, biased chronicles, and lost paintings. Subscribe for stories history left out.

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Drowning in His Own Dark

David with the Head of Goliath - Caravaggio 1609/1610 - offering his head for pardon

May 28, 1606

The leather sole barely touches the cobblestones - slippery and wet, with humidity hanging in the warm air of Roman nights.

“Is he dead?”...

7 days ago
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Do You See What You Hear?

Picture from italysegreta.com

“Don Pablo, you got me into this mess, and you will get me out of it,” Mario said, pointing his finger at Neruda’s face, his knees touching, his feet curved inward. “Because you gifted me your books, you taugh...

a month ago
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Half Human, Half Chair

Giuseppe Recco - Still life - 1600s

In 1600, Napoli was the second-most populous city in Europe, with about 250,000 people. Could you have afforded to live there?

A man, half human, half chair. The portiere. Not a mythological figure but...

3 months ago
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The Wheelie: A Memoir

You sway right, then left, then right again. It’s like a ballet, and it’s so tempting to close your eyes and raise your chin, for there’s no other way than to feel the warm summer breeze on your cheeks, to smell the salty air from the sea,...

4 months ago
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The Throes of Creation: How Stories Become Real

Leonid Pasternak's 19th century painting "The Throes of Creation"

Oh my dear reader friend,

I’ve been wanting to write other stories, but I can’t seem to find the time. I am on a path to finishing my novel’s first draft in the next month...

6 months ago
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    Novelist raised in southern Italy near Napoli, now in NYC. Writing my debut novel The Sibyl, set in 17th-century Baroque Naples.

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