Dante in Love (Hardback)

Achieves for Dante and Florence what Peter Ackroyd accomplished for Shakespeare and London. Intelligent, personal and suffused with a lifetime's reading and experience, it guides us through 'the boldest work in Western literature'. -- Nicholas Shakespeare * Daily Telegraph *
This is biography done by a novelist at the height of his powers. Wilson moves seamlessly between Dante's life, his poems and the historical context... He has written a loving book that is worthy of the divine poet of love. -- Jonathan Bate * Sunday Telegraph Magazine *
A rich and nuanced life... Wilson is an excellent 21st-century Virgil for anyone who has ever lost their way in Dante's dark wood, or has yet to venture in. -- Sara Bakewell * Sunday Times *
Rich in both biographical detail and political history... A thoroughly readable, illuminating history. -- Fiona Sampson * Independent *