"The main hope of this book is to bring to life ordinary people who lived centuries or even millennia ago. These are all real men and women, and their stories remain incredibly vivid, burning with passions that still endure today."
- Costantino Andrea De Luca

★What can the stories of ordinary people from past centuries reveal to us? A fascinating new way to explain history through everyday life.
★The author will promote the book on his social media pages (200,000 followers on Instagram and 350,000 on Facebook) as well as during events and conferences where he is invited to speak.

When we think of history, we often focus on grand events,
empires, wars, and rulers. But if you look beyond the surface, ordinary people have also often lived adventures and emotions worthy of discovery and storytelling.
This is precisely why Costantino Andrea De Luca - a widely followed young historian and communicator - sheds light on these nameless lives that have passed through history and often bear striking similarities to the present day.
Modern students may see themselves in a medieval counterpart struggling after failing an exam; lovers may recognise their own feelings in the love letters of an 18thcentury couple; disappointed wives may share the same sorrow as an Assyrian woman abandoned by her husband. Story by story, De Luca guides us in a fresh and engaging way through both minor and major episodes of the past, each carrying a touch of the present.

Costantino Andrea De Luca is a historian and science communicator. Born in Padua in 1995, he developed a passion for history as a child. After earning his first degree in economics, he went on to study history at the University of Bologna. In 2019, he published his first book, "Pillole di storia antica". In 2022, he created the podcast "Bella storia", produced by Spotify. He is the creator of the Facebook page "Una pillola di storia antica al giorno" and the Instagram account "pillole.di.storia", where he is followed by hundreds of thousands of people.