New Publications on the Battle of Marengo

Recently published by Rizzoli in honour of the 200th aniversary of the Battle of Marengo, Marengo: la battaglia che creò il mito di Napoleone by Marco Gioannini and Giulio Massobrio is an excellent book, combining a racy novelistic style with careful historical accuracy, including the most complete and up-to-date bibliography on the battle and on the Second Coalition in general. There is something for every reader, from the enthusiast to the academic.Marengo: la battaglia che creò il mito di Napoleone, Milan: Rizzoli, 2000, 403 p. (Introduction by David Chandler). The book can be bought online at the following link https://www.zivago.com/Also in honour of the anniversary is the CD ROM Napoleone a Marengo: Dal mito alla storia, the excellent presentation of the catalogue of the multimedia exhibition of the same name, at present being held in the Cittadella in Alessandria.