Good News & Bad News

The good news is that during the week of events and promotions in and around Verona, I also found time to visit many sites, both those that have appeared in the novels to date, and ones I never knew existed. I ate traditional Veronese food, learned a lot about the...

Tonight, Verona

Shortly I'll be taking the stage at the Castelvecchio in Verona, the castle built in the 14th century on the shores of the Adige river. In many ways, it's the culmination of half a lifetime of work. I first played Mercutio when I was 17. A few years later, I...

Master Of Verona week begins!

This week sees the release of the Italian translation of THE MASTER OF VERONA! IL CAVALIERI DELLA PROFEZIA DI DANTE will appear at the Torino Book Fair this Saturday. Huge thanks to Gianni La Corte of La Corte Editore for publishing it so swiftly! And equally enorous...

Oh, Verona!

Below is the letter I penned for the mayor of Verona, proposing the trip I'm making in May of this year. They responded immediately, which was a testament more to the hard work of Italian filmmaker Anna Lelario and her husband Antonio, who have spent the last year...

Four Emperors Tour!

Thanks to the astonishing and marvelous Amy Philips Bruno at Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours, I'm touring the interwebs promoting the second book in the Colossus series, The Four Emperors, now out in paperback! Reviews, interviews, guest posts, book...