Marco Salvador (10 November 1948 – 16 February 2022) was an Italian writer and historian.

Biography

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, Salvador published several historical essays, especially about Middle Ages. He also published six historical novels, starting from ''Il Longobardo'' (2004), dealing with the story of the Lombard 7th-century king

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, with which he won the "Città di

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" award. This was followed by ''La vendetta del Longobardo'' (2005) and ''L'ultimo Longobardo'', both set during the Lombard domination of Italy. His last novel, ''La palude degli eroi'' (2009), is set in the 13th century, and tells the last years of the rule of the Ghibelline lord Ezzelino IV da Romano. Salvador died on 16 February 2022, at the age of 73.

Bibliography

*''Il Longobardo ''(2004) *''La casa del quarto comandamento ''(2004) *''La vendetta del Longobardo ''(2005) *''L'ultimo longobardo ''(2006) *''Il maestro di giustizia ''(2007) *''La palude degli eroi ''(2009) *''L'educazione friulana'' (2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvador, Marco 1948 births 2022 deaths Italian male writers 20th-century Italian historians People from the Province of Pordenone 21st-century Italian novelists