Vasco Ferretti

He returned to Montecatini because of his family's economic problems and then studied to obtain a degree in philosophy and science of education in 1970 at the University of Urbino, where he subsequently taught for two years.

[3] For the past decades he has dedicated himself to historical research by publishing with Mursia (Milan) the following works: "Kesselring" (biography); "Nazi massacres of Marzabotto, Stazzema and marshes of Fucecchio.

The general was born on November 30, 1885, in Marktsteft (German empire) and died in a sanatorium in Bad Nauheim in West Germany, on 16 July 1960 at the age of 74, following a heart attack.

[10] Vasco Ferretti, has been the first historical researcher that has brought the acts of the process against Albert Kesselring in Italy, from the War Office in Kew (London), from which he also drew the book Vernichten.

[citation needed] The Guelphs and the Capetian House of Anjou hoped the battle represented the showdown for the Ghibellines of Pisa and of Lucca, led by Uguccione della Faggiuola and Castruccio Castracani,[13] but it turned out to be a tragic defeat to the detriment of Florence instead.

[15] Due to the ransom of many prisoners, Florence suffered an economic collapse and this situation made complex the conditions of Dante Alighieri, who was returning after thirteen years of exile.

The reasons for the massacre are unclear, but could be related to false intelligence which pointed out the presence of gangs of partisans in the Marsh of Fucecchio.

[22] Due to its relevant historical content for the Italian culture, the book was inserted into the historical series of the Italian editor Mursia[23] In a late evening of September 1974 (16 years before his death), Alberto Moravia is the great defendant in a process that takes place in one of the "liberty" rooms of the Tamerici baths in Montecatini.

He confesses his thoughts in front of an audience that previously had witnessed at the process of Pier Paolo Pasolini and accept his reasons as well as it did with Moravia's in this trial fiction.

Moravia claims he is a disciple of Fëdor Dostoevskij (Fyodor Dostoyevsky): indeed traces of the Russian writer can be recognized in his literature.

Its main characters are divas, geniuses, kings, lords, queens, maraharaja, writers, politicians, musicians, movie producers, actors and actresses.

As the boy moves to Forte dei Marmi to seek work as a concierge in a luxury hotel, Denise, a rebel soul, decides to escape from the upper class society in order to pursue her desire of success without letting him know about her movements.

Montecatini; where Ferretti lived most of his life, and where he currently lives with his wife.
Max Simon
Lina Cavalieri
Night view of Forte Dei Marmi where most of the book is settled