His noble family's patriotism was prominent in Italian military history since at least 1797.
The author clearly has an ongoing love affair with Italian history.
There he developed a world view drawn from a strong focus on Italian history, culture and language.
Six of the model rooms are dedicated to figures from Italian history.
It has held a prominent role in modern Italian military history.
It forms an important anniversary in the Italian naval history.
He now holds the record for fastest sending off in Italian history.
Check your Italian history first and then start a debate.
Most of the 55,000 volumes he owns are about Italian history over the last 200 years.
"I think it has something to do with two characters in Italian history."