From the title, this volume might seem like yet another history book that reconstructs the relationships between two states, specifically between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Greece. In reality, it is much more.

The attentive reader will grasp the complexity of a work that aims to bring precious archival documents out of oblivion, to transcend the boundaries of a transforming world, and to go beyond the traditional history of great protagonists and significant events.

Set against the backdrop of the Eastern Questions and the intricate political games of the nineteenth century, consuls serving the Savoy appear at the edge of reality and fiction, amid economic difficulties (including suicide) and visionary commercial projects, between good cordiality and stubborn hostility.

Adventurers and illustrious travelers, Ligurian and Piedmontese emigrants, subjects of the House of Savoy disavowed in their homeland and now protagonists in the newly reconstituted Greece. From Nauplia to Piraeus, passing through Athens, Ermopolis, and other great Hellenic ports: the Italian Risorgimento also passed through here, and above all, it was shaped by these events.