Andrea Perego is an Italo-Australian journalist and writer. After living in

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, he is now working on projects in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

and Berlin. In

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he worked as a broadcaster for SBS Radio, doing reports that had wide resonance, such as the program about the murder of two Swiss Guards in the Vatican. In Italy, he has worked for Filippi Editore as the curator of a book series of Venetian subjects. The new updated edition of ''Curiosità veneziane'' by

Giuseppe Tassini Giuseppe Tassini (12 November 1827 - 22 December 1899) was an Italian historian and one of the most notable scholars of the toponymy of his birthplace of Venice. His most notable work was ''Curiosità Veneziane'', a minute toponymical study first p ...

(first published in 1863) is part of the series. In 2009 he worked on Peter Greenaway's ''The Wedding at Cana'' (Italian version), as the voice of Christ. Greenaway's ''vision'' was exhibited at

Fondazione Giorgio Cini The Giorgio Cini Foundation (''Italian: Fondazione Giorgio Cini''), or just Cini Foundation, is a cultural foundation founded 20 April 1951 in memory of Giorgio Cini, an Italian entrepreneur who died in August 1949. History The Foundation is loca ...

during the Venice Biennale. His first collection of short stories in Italian, ''Racconti in cornice'', was published in January 2014 by Supernova Edizioni. The English edition of the book appeared under the title ''Red Moons and Cornflowers'' in March 2015, published in paperback and Kindle format for worldwide distribution via Amazon. His first novel, ''Le leggi del tempo'', was published in Italian in October 2016 by Supernova, Kindle and paperback format. It's a mystery set in Venice in 1730. The English edition launched in January 2019 under the title ''The Laws of Time''. In March 2018 Andrea Perego published, with Supernova, ''Casanova in Berlin'', that recounts the two months Giacomo Casanova spent in Berlin in 1764. The book is published in four languages. The French edition is a critical transcription from Casanova's manuscript, by Andrea Perego who also edited the series and wrote the new translation in Italian. ''Barbara - Un affare di Stato'', was published in Italian by Supernova in 2020, and in English in 2022 (''Barbara - An Affair of State''). The book tells the story of

Barbara Campanini Barbara Campanini, known as ''La Barbarina'', (27 September 1719 – 7 June 1799) was a famous Italian ballerina, one of the most important ballet dancers of the 18th century. Life Barbara Campanini was born in Parma. Many biographies say she wa ...

, a celebrated 18th century ballet dancer, known as "la Barbarina", and the international intrigue that ensued when she tried to resist the overtures of Frederick the Great to bring her to his Court in Berlin. "Barbara" has received the patronage of the City of Parma, where the dancer was born. In September 2022 Andrea Perego's second novel, ''Il gentiluomo'' was released by Supernova. The novel, published in Italian, tells the story of a French nobleman who is forced to flee the Revolution. He goes to England, where he must make a new life for himself. Far from the court of

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

, he finds himself in London, trying to earn a living within the English high society of the time, mixing with the likes of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire,

Beau Brummell George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) was an important figure in Regency England and, for many years, the arbiter of men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but ...

and

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

, with whom he begins a correspondence. In 2024 Andrea Perego edited the manuscript ''Memorie 1742-43'', by Girolamo Zanetti, published by Supernova in Juin 2024, 281 years after it was written.

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