Jonathan Keates is a prizewinning biographer and novelist, well known as a reviewer and as a writer on Italian culture and history. He teaches at the City of London School and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Majestic... Tremendous -- Jan Morris New Statesman Enthralling... constantly gripping Sunday Telegraph A beautifully paced and meticulously detailed narrative... unlikely to be bettered -- John Adamson Literary Review Brilliant and profoundly researched -- Edward Pearce Herald A wonderfully vivid evocation of genuine heroism and pathos Times Literary Supplement