Via Garibaldi

Reviews / Votes

'Jim Holden's account of the life of the soldier-revolutionary vibrates with the author's love of his adopted home, its art and architecture, its past and present, and its enduring reverence for the Hero of Two Worlds. Forza Garibaldi!' -- Richard Williams, The Guardian 'The book is a hymn to Italy as an Englishman follows in the footsteps of the epic adventures of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Jim Holden has found a fresh and captivating way to look at Italy's most charismatic hero - and explain to the English that Garibaldi is so much more than a biscuit.' -- Mara Minasi, Director of the Museo della Repubblica Romana e della Memoria Garibaldina 'A touching portrait of the man and of the country which remains a confederacy of provinces rather than a nation. There is added value in the author's view as a privileged outsider, peeping into a land that continues to dazzle all who visit, and reminding us that all nations have mythologies which do not always accord with facts.' -- Michael Henderson, The Spectator 'Here in Italy we were always told the scare story that communists ate babies. But nobody told me the British ate Garibaldi. Now, thanks to Jim Holden's highly entertaining book, I discovered this and many other surprising untold tales about our national hero.' -- Livio Quagliata, Editor-in-chief of Il Venerdi di Repubblica