History is a fascinating subject for me. I am intrigued by the “beginnings” of cities, cultures, of governmental and societal changes, of migrations of peoples. My particular interest is in the Ancient through Renaissance periods of Italy and Sardinia.

Initially I explored this idea of “beginnings” with a fictional foray into the foundation legends of ancient Rome–not merely of Romulus and Remus but also their mother, wives, allies and enemies.

I had another history passion at the same time. I was born in Sardinia, that other large island which has been part of the nation of Italy for a couple of centuries. Early on I was surprised to find that while I could find many books written about Italy’s history (from the ancient Etruscans through Rome’s Republic and Empire, the Lombards, the Renaissance city-states, etc, and many books about Sicily’s ancient and medieval history, I could find little on Sardinia, other than a wealth of travel books. By the way, DH Lawrence wrote about his own travels through Sardinia!

So a decade or so ago I began a literary voyage of discovery to find whatever I could about Sardinia, in libraries, bookstores, academic journals, and historical websites. Along the way I acquired a veritable wealth of scholarly articles and books written in Italian, French and Spanish, along with English. These covered a range of topics including archaeological sites and artifacts, chemical analyses of pottery sherds and minerals, linguistic translations of Latin and Phoenician inscriptions found on the island.

I have also made brief contacts with Sardinian and Italian university scholars-professors and archaeologists and researchers, who have graciously helped me acquire texts I could not otherwise find. I am profoundly grateful for their kindness.

Now I have a large personal library filled with books and articles. The result is that I am now writing my own English-language history of Sardinia, from the Neolithic period through to the Unification of Italy.

Chapters will include:

Neolithic period: Sardinian Obsidian use and trade and Indigenous Settlements

Bronze Age: Sardinian use and trade of Copper and bronze; Interaction with Cyprus and the Myceneans and other Greeks; Sardinia and the Sea Peoples; The evolution and rise of the Nuraghi towers.

Iron Age: Arrival on Sardinia of the Phoenicians (including the Nora Stone inscription), then the Carthaginians; the founding of their cities; the Interactions between both those groups and the Indigenous Sardinian people;

Roman and Byzantine Sardinia

Medieval Sardinia: Autonomous government by the four Judges; invasion by the Arabs; Becoming part of the Crown of Aragon.

Various Famous Quoters

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Let’s build something together.

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