Dante in Love

The narrative is exceptionally lucid and the detail always vivid. This is biography as done by a novelist at the height of his powers. -- Jonathan Bate, The Telegraph The most illuminating guide to Dante and his world I have read. --Sarah Bradford, author of Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy The narrative is exceptionally lucid and the detail always vivid. This is biography as done by a novelist at the height of his powers. -- Jonathan Bate, The Sunday Telegraph If Dante gives us a universe, then Wilson provides a splendid survey of the world in which it was conceived . . . His criticism is generous, open-ended and patient. --Tom Payne, The Telegraph A thoughtful investigation . . . Wilson is an excellent 21st-century Virgil for anyone who has ever lost their way in Dante's dark wood, or who has yet to venture in. --Sarah Bakewell, Sunday Times Magazine Dante in Love is not just a thoroughly readable, illuminating story but, with its fascinating store of detail, a practical reference volume. It is a worthy vade mecum with which to explore Dante's masterpiece itself. -- Fiona Sampson, The Independe You will not find a finer introduction to the genius of Dante and his Divine Comedy than Wilson's book. --- The Wichita Eagle A. N. Wilson has a marvelous facility for bringing distant worlds up close....Read Wilson's book, pick up that copy of the Commedia, and try again. --- Los Angeles Times Accurate, lively, sometimes polemical, and always delicately devout. There is little to disagree with here, and much that encourages conversation. --- Financial Times (London) For this reader, Wilson's loving, human Dante, a Dante immersed in the Italian landscape, [is] a new Dante entirely....Compelling. --- The American Scholar Not just a thoroughly readable, illuminating story but, with its fascinating store of detail, a practical reference volume...A worthy vade mecum with which to explore Dante's masterpiece itself. --- The Independent (London) A. N. Wilson has a marvelous facility for bringing distant worlds up close....Read Wilson's book, pick up that copy of the Commedia, and try again. --Los Angeles Times Accurate, lively, sometimes polemical, and always delicately devout. There is little to disagree with here, and much that encourages conversation. --Financial Times (London) For this reader, Wilson's loving, human Dante, a Dante immersed in the Italian landscape, [is] a new Dante entirely....Compelling. --The American Scholar Not just a thoroughly readable, illuminating story but, with its fascinating store of detail, a practical reference volume...A worthy vade mecum with which to explore Dante's masterpiece itself. --The Independent (London) A. N. Wilson has a marvelous facility for bringing distant worlds up close....Read Wilson's book, pick up that copy of the Commedia, and try again. Los Angeles Times Accurate, lively, sometimes polemical, and always delicately devout. There is little to disagree with here, and much that encourages conversation. Financial Times (London) For this reader, Wilson's loving, human Dante, a Dante immersed in the Italian landscape, [is] a new Dante entirely .Compelling. The American Scholar Not just a thoroughly readable, illuminating story but, with its fascinating store of detail, a practical reference volume A worthy vade mecum with which to explore Dante's masterpiece itself. The Independent (London) A. N. Wilson has a marvelous facility for bringing distant worlds up close....Read Wilson's book, pick up that copy of the Commedia, and try again. Los Angeles Times Accurate, lively, sometimes polemical, and always delicately devout. There is little to disagree with here, and much that encourages conversation. Financial Times (London) For this reader, Wilson's loving, human Dante, a Dante immersed in the Italian landscape, [is] a new Dante entirely .Compelling. The American Scholar Not just a thoroughly readable, illuminating story but, with its fascinating store of detail, a practical reference volume A worthy vade mecum with which to explore Dante's masterpiece itself. The Independent (London) A. N. Wilson has a marvelous facility for bringing distant worlds up close....Read Wilson's book, pick up that copy of the Commedia, and try again. --- Los Angeles Times Accurate, lively, sometimes polemical, and always delicately devout. There is little to disagree with here, and much that encourages conversation. --- Financial Times (London) For this reader, Wilson's loving, human Dante, a Dante immersed in the Italian landscape, [is] a new Dante entirely....Compelling. --- The American Scholar Not just a thoroughly readable, illuminating story but, with its fascinating store of detail, a practical reference volume...A worthy vade mecum with which to explore Dante's masterpiece itself. --- The Independent (London)