A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian
history, society and culture. 'Delightful... A wonderful cornucopia
of history' TLS 'Uncovers the Po's fascinating history' Guardian
The Po is the longest river in Italy, travelling for 652 kilometres
from one end of the country to the other. It rises by the French
border in the Alps and meanders the width of the entire peninsula
to the Adriatic Sea in the east. Flowing next to many of Italy's
most exquisite cities – Ferrara, Mantova, Parma, Cremona, Pavia
and Torino – the river is a part of the national psyche, as
iconic to Italy as the Thames is to England or the Mississippi to
the USA. For millennia, the Po was a vital trading route and a
valuable source of tax revenue, fiercely fought over by rival
powers. It was also a moat protecting Italy from invaders from the
north, from Hannibal to Holy Roman Emperors. But as humans
radically altered the river's hydrology, those floodplains became
important places of major industries and agricultures, the source
of bricks, timber, silk, hemp, cement, flour and risotto rice.
Tobias Jones travels the length of the river against the current,
gathering stories of battles, writers, cuisines, entertainers,
religious minorities and music. Both an ecological lament and a
celebration of the resourcefulness and resilience of the people of
the Po, the book opens a window onto a stunning, but now neglected,
part of Italy.
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