In 1865 Boston, an elite group of American Dante scholars, including Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is called upon to solve a series of murders inspired by scenes in Dante's "Inferno.".
A study of Dante's "Commedia," discussing the works in the context of the author's uncertain public career and as the result of his evolving thought and poetic practice.
Examines the life and works of thirteenth-century Italian poet-historian Dante Alighieri; and contains a concise biography, critical analyses of his major and minor works, and profiles of his contemporaries.
Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon finds himself on the run in Florence and in possession of a series of codes, created by a brilliant scientist obsessed with Dante's classic poem "The Inferno," that may unlock a terrifying secret that could devastate life on earth.
In fourteenth-century Italy, Antonia, the daughter of Dante Alighieri, longs for a stable family and home while developing her artistic talent and seeking a place for herself in a world with limited options for women.
