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1 month ago | 
historythroughfiction.com | Colin Mustful |Costanza Casati
Costanza Casati was born in Texas and grew up in a village in Northern Italy, where she studied Ancient Greek, and Ancient Greek literature, under one of the country’s most rigorous academic programmes. She is a graduate of the Warwick Writing MA in the UK, and has worked as a screenwriter and journalist. Her debut novel, Clytemnestra, has sold into 18 territories worldwide, was the winner of the Glass Bell Award, an Indie Next Pick and a nominee for Best Fantasy in the Goodreads Choice Awards.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
earlybirdbooks.com | Orrin Grey |Costanza Casati |Susan Moore |Emma Donoghue
The new year may be only a few weeks old, but it has already seen the release of some exciting new books, with many others still on our radar in coming months. What books are you most excited about in 2025?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
bookbrowse.com | Costanza Casati
From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, painting the brutal and captivating empire of gods and men, and the one queen destined to rule them all. A common woman. The governor she married. The king who loved them both.
Babylonia across the centuries has become the embodiment of lust, excess, and dissolute power that ruled Ancient Assyria. In this world you had to kill to be king.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Costanza Casati
What is it about the love triangle trope that fascinates us? Is it because it allows us to untangle the complexities of desire, to show that love is not always as simple as we want it to be? The menage a trois has ancient roots: at the core of my novel Babylonia is the dynamic between Semiramis, the only female ruler of the empire of ancient Assyria, Ninus, king of Assyria, and Onnes, his most trusted friend.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
waterstones.com | Taffy Brodesser-Akner |Satoshi Yagisawa |Costanza Casati |Anita Desai
With its warm-hearted quirkiness and insights into Japanese culture, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop became one of the sleeper hits of last year - and this July the delightful sequel arrives as a real treat for all bibliophiles. In addition, Constanza Casati weaves another deft exploration of women in ancient history with Babylonia and the eagerly-awaited new novel from Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of the hugely acclaimed Fleishman in Trouble.
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May 3, 2024 | 
sacbee.com | Carley Fortune |Costanza Casati |Cj Wray
Welcome, literature lovers, to the FIRST for Women weekly book club!Here at FIRST for Women, when we’re not hard at work bringing you stories about health, nutrition, beauty and lifestyle, we like to kick back with a good book. We know firsthand that reading provides relief from stress, improves brain health and ushers in more joy. So we rounded up our editors’ top six book picks — of new and old favorites — for May 3rd – May 9th, 2024.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
holrmagazine.com | Costanza Casati
Author Leonardo Sciascia once wrote that ‘all of Sicily is a dimension of the imagination.’ Sciascia lived his whole life on the Italian island and knew what it meant to be immersed in its incredible landscape. There is something nostalgic about the region, about its raw yet grand beauty, about the myths and history rooted there. D. H.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
penguinrandomhouse.co.za | Katy Hays |Fran Littlewood |Costanza Casati |Shelley Read
This year has seen the most spectacular debut adult fiction yet! In this diverse collection of first works of literature, the authors share the unique inspiration behind their novels. From Katy Hays, who contemplates fate and discovery at the Met Cloisters, and Fran Littlewood exploring the challenges of midlife to Costanza Casati's portrayal of a powerful and beloved Clytemnestra and Brook Robinson's examination of the complexities of translating for the criminal justice system.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
holrmagazine.com | Costanza Casati
For my first press trip ever, I was invited to Villa Saletta, a beautiful estate in the heart of Tuscany. With a legacy that dates to the Etruscan times – the first written account of the estate’s winemaking can be traced back to 980AD – the estate consists of a medieval village (the Borgo), three villas, a winery that produces a range of high-quality wines, and 1700 acres of land that include olive groves, vineyards, woodlands and arable.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
journalgazette.net | Patti Callahan Henry |Costanza Casati |James Burke |Mark Pryor
These works of historical fiction are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “The Secret Book of Flora Lea”by Patti Callahan Henry When she receives a rare book linked to the disappearance of her sister, Flora, in 1939, Hazel believes this is a sign Flora is still alive after all these years. Hazel embarks on a feverish quest, revisiting long-dormant relationships and bravely reopening wounds from the past to find the truth.
