Garibaldi Did Not Sleep Here by Paul Horan

Paul Horan begins his journey to follow in the steps of his illustrious ancestor Colonel Peard. He begins at Peard's former manor house (now a health spa) in England then heads for Italy to find out… Audio

Paul arrives on the mainland of Italy carrying a huge folder of research notes about Colonel Peard. He recounts Peard's meeting with Alexander Dumas and Dumas' overly romantic account of the meeting… Audio

Still in Calabria, Paul visits Eboli where one of the strangest events concerning Colonel Peard was supposed to have taken place. Eboli is said, in Italy, to be the town where Christ stopped (gave… Audio

Paul observes how tourist-worn is Italy but still strangely attractive and compelling. He travels the Amalfi coast and is astonished at the scale and grandeur of the place. On Capri he meets a former… Audio

A visit to Naples convinces Paul that the place is the best city in Italy. He delights in the fact that he is not catered to like a tourist but is largely ignored or totally included by the locals. He… Audio

At last Paul reaches Rome and is astonished at the sense of the layering of history in the city. He is not as enthusiastic about Rome as he is about Naples but admits it to be a truly 'important world… Audio