About the author
Matteo Melchiorre is an Italian historian, archivist, and novelist whose knowledge of local records informs fiction about land, inherited authority, and the stories communities preserve.
The Duke is set in a remote Alpine village where a landowner’s dispute with local people becomes an inquiry into class, masculinity, and the unstable boundary between stewardship and possession.
Where to start
Start with The Duke for Melchiorre’s historically attentive novel of land and authority in an Alpine community.
