Ten talks about Italy and the Italians 1. Garibaldi and the Risorgimento 2. Ravenna and the early church 3. Dante, Petrarca and Bocaccio 4. Florence, cradle of the Renaissance 5. Art - the great centuries 6. The great and the good and the not so good 7. Venice - the 'Serenissima' 8. Rome - the eternal city 9. Sicily - a world apart 10. The diaspora - Italy abroad