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Ernesto Ferrero

Born 1938 · Italy

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    Strega 2000 · Winner

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    Ernesto Ferrero · 62 when first published

    Novel · 312 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:May 1814: a plump, frightened man lands on Elba looking like a travelling merchant. He is Napoleon, and for three hundred days his new librarian, Martino Acquabona, tries to read the deposed emperor and keep fresh storms at bay.