← Edmondo de AmicisMoroccoby Edmondo de AmicisFind on Amazon↗About the authorEdmondo de AmicisItalian author best known for Heart (Cuore), one of the most widely read Italian books of the 19th century. This sentimental tale of a schoolboy's year in Turin was used to inculcate nationalist and civic values across Italy.More by Edmondo de AmicisCuoreItalian schoolboy's moral education and friendships through school life→Sull'oceanoTransatlantic ocean voyage documenting Italian emigrant experience→Amore e ginnastica→La vita militare→