Da Empoli published his first political book aged 23. A decade later, he met the then obscure young Renzi, president of the province of Florence, and became his adviser, or consigliere.

Mr. da Empoli said that his only aim was to write a “credible” novel, nothing more. “The book, once it’s out,” he said, “has its own life.” Constant Méheut has covered France from ...

Subscribers only. G iuliano da Empoli's Le Mage du Kremlin ("The Wizard of the Kremlin", 2022), which won the Académie Française's Grand Prix du Roman in October 2022, has been praised for its ...

Giuliano da Empoli has won the French Academy’s prestigious Grand Prix du Roman for “Le Mage du Kremlin” (“The Wizard of the Kremlin”), a novel about the inner workings of Vladimir Putin ...

Da Empoli, a repenting former tech convert, had, in the early 2000s, believed that digital technology would transform democratic life and sweep away the old hierarchical world.

Vladimir Putin standing for a fifth term as Russian president in the March elections will not set the bookmakers scrambling for cover – but it’s a safe bet to give Giuliano da Empoli’s The ...

Pushkin Press is set to publish a non-fiction book following the "behind-the-scenes journey through the troubled political world" from The Wizard of the Kremlin author Giuliano da Empoli, to be ...

Jude Law will be seen playing the role of Vladimir Putin. Jude Law will reportedly be seen playing the role of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his upcoming film.

GIULIANO da EMPOLI, a Swiss-Italian author whose book, “The Wizard of the Kremlin” featuring a fictional President Vladimir V. Putin, has set off a public debate in France.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Jack’s Brasserie in Bern, founded in 1911, is the canteen of Swiss power. Here, between chandeliers and white ...