Emanuele Mastrangelo – Emanuele Merlino – Enrico Petrucci (edited by), Blessed Land. Tales of Italy and Great Italians, Seaplane, Rome 2020.

[the publication is currently only available in ebook format, the paperback will be printed once the Coronavirus emergency is over, ed.]

From the literary collective that gave life to the project Heroes: Twenty-two Stories from the Great War, a new anthology of Stories to remember that Italy is so rich in Heroes and courage that it can positively overturn the famous maxim by Bertold Brecht “Unfortunate is the land that needs heroes”.
And for this reason, especially in a time of fear and pandemic, it is always necessary to remember the greatness of our history.
15 historical tales of heroes in war, heroes in peace, heroes in sports, heroes in industry, heroes of duty.
Men and women who have combined courage and love for Italy throughout the centuries, making us the nation that has taught the world how poetry and greatness can be combined.
15 true stories of immortal heroes with an afterword by Ermenegildo Rossi Gold Medal for foiling a plane hijacking.

If the land that has no heroes is unfortunate, the one that can boast of many, constantly, over the centuries, cannot but be blessed.

The volume can be purchased here in ebook format: the paperback edition will be published at the end of the Coronavirus emergency. The stories can also be purchased individually together with the curators' preface Emanuele Mastrangelo, Emanuel Merlin ed Enrico Petrucci and the introduction of Ermenegildo Rossi, Gold Medal for Civil Valor.

With reference to the history of the eastern Italian border, we would like to highlight in particular the stories dedicated to Giuseppe Viscovich, Vito Butti, Maria Pasquinelli and Leonardo Manzi.

«Sicily, caste and patriot» – Saint Agatha and the Sicilian Vespers, by Fernando Massimo Adonia

«Lucky Thirteen» – The challenge of Barletta, of Carloman Adinolfi

"Vendetta" - Marco Querini of Lauro, of Umberto Majorca

«The most faithful of the Serenissima» – Giuseppe Viscovich, of Lorenzo Salimbeni

«The Living Banner» – William Pepe, by Guido Santulli      

«It's not just a little song» – Goffredo Mameli, by Emanuel Merlin

«Night on the Delta» – Angelo Brunetti called Ciceruacchio, of Enrico Petrucci

«Story of an Italian» – Colomba Antonietti, by Flaminia Camilletti

«For the honor of Italy» – Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Aosta, Count of Turin, of Emanuele Mastrangelo

«The Gentle Giant» – Primo Carnera, of Mark Scatarzi

«At the top of the pile of the murdered» – Vito Butti, by Mario Michele Merlin

"A flower was born from the swamp" – Maria Pasquinelli, by Christina of Giorgi

«Some Mornings» – Leonardo Manzi, by Maurizio The Episcopate

«The Whisper and the Chime» – Adriano Olivetti, by Fabio Massimo Fractal Mascioli

"I believed it" – Giovanni Falcone, of Stelio Fergola