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Alessandro
Tonussi

Novels, history and cultural projects between the Serenissima and the contemporary world.

I don't write stories. I open portals.

The Alchemist The Origins of Club 27 Cultural Projects

One author. Many worlds.

Alessandro Tonussi tells time as a place to cross. From the Venice of the Serenissima to the mountains of Friuli, from the mysteries of alchemy to the music of the 1970s, his works bring together historical research, territories and narrative imagination.

His method weaves documented historical sources together with original interpretive theses, distinguishing what belongs to history from what springs from narrative invention. Real places are not mere backdrops: they become protagonists and instruments of cultural valorization.

Representative of the Casa Museo dell'Alchimista di Tambre, in the Alpago.

The Storyteller's Roads

A narrative geography to cross.

Every place opens a door: a novel, a historical event, a memory, a cultural project. The site becomes a living map of the narrated territory.

Tambre / AlpagoThe Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima

Arta TermeCasa Pianese · The heretic's house
The Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima

PolcenigoThe Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima
The Battle of Camolli - The Serenissima's Revenge

PordenoneThe Battle of Camolli - The Serenissima's Revenge

SacileThe Alchemist of Sacile
The Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima
The Battle of Camolli - The Serenissima's Revenge

PorciaThe Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima
The Battle of Camolli - The Serenissima's Revenge

AvianoThe Origins of Club 27
The Lizard King reborn

AsoloThe Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima

VeniceThe Alchemist of Sacile
The Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima

Alessandro Tonussi's novels weave together real places and memory, turning the territory into narrative and bringing history back to life.

Works

Books that open territories.

The catalogue brings together thriller, history, music and territorial storytelling. Forthcoming titles are clearly marked, so they are never confused with published ones.

Published

The Alchemist of Sacile

The novel that opens the Alchemist saga, bringing Sacile, Venice and the history of the Serenissima into a story of mystery and transformation.

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Published

The Origins of Club 27

Music, memory and contemporary myth. The novel crosses the cultural rupture of Altamont and the Club 27 myth, extending into a multi-platform path that includes live performance and audiovisual development.

Discover the novel → Jimi Hendrix and the project →

Published

The Beatles in Venice

A narrative encounter between the Beatles' myth and Venice, where music, pop imagery and the Serenissima intertwine in an unconventional story.

Published

Smoke on the Water

The genesis of Deep Purple's iconic song and the night in Montreux, told as a modern myth. The volume includes a foreword by Ian Paice, drummer of Deep Purple.

Published

Vatican Spy Story

A postwar spy story about Nazi escapes and the shadows of the Ratline. In 2023 the book returned to media attention over a controversy involving an alleged plagiarism claim linked to a Netflix production.

Forthcoming · 2027

The Reckoning in the Garden of the Serenissima

Publication expected in early 2027. A new chapter in the saga, between Venetian and Friulian territories, alchemy and history.

In progress

The Battle of Sacile / Camolli

Historical novel in development, set in 1809 between Pordenone, Sacile and Camolli. Not yet published.

Narrative path

The Alchemist Saga

A narrative arc that links cities, museums, villages, itineraries and the memory of the Serenissima into a recognisable literary geography.

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Institutional and Territorial Ecosystem

Storytelling meets the territories.

The project engages with municipalities, cultural institutions, festivals, associations and local organisations that share the goal of valorising places, memory and heritage through storytelling.

Venice Sacile Aviano Polcenigo Tambre Asolo Arta Terme Porcia Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Unione Montana dell'Alpago Italian Red Cross Pordenone Blues Festival Veneti nel Mondo Jimi Hendrix Family Foundation

International bridge

Veneti nel Mondo

The patronage granted by Associazione Veneti nel Mondo APS to La Resa dei Conti nel Giardino della Serenissima strengthens the connection between the narrative project and Venetian communities abroad. It opens a new direction for Le Vie dell'Alchimista: roots tourism and cultural connections with Venetian communities around the world.

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Recognitions

The territory responds.

"We don't bring the world to Pordenone. We bring Pordenone to the world."

Some institutional acknowledgements received along the way.

Prefecture of Pordenone

Letter of appreciation

Formal recognition of the value of the narrative project and its connection to the territory.

Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

Official statement from the Regional Council

Councillor Cristina Amirante presented the project as an original way of telling the story of the territory, on the path towards Pordenone Italian Capital of Culture 2027.

Regional Council of Veneto

Letter from President Luca Zaia

Institutional appreciation for the cultural project and its narrative bridge between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Read the letter →

Television

Telefriuli

Guest in prime time, with a further invitation already received for an upcoming feature.

Audiovisual

The word that becomes image.

Some narrative projects are also developed in an audiovisual key, with particular attention to territory, music and cinematic adaptation.

The Origins of Club 27

The film project starts from the novel and its territorial dimension. It is currently in development and evaluation, with the goal of taking the story from page to screen without turning the site into a showcase of promises.

Stage: The Trial of Rock and SOUND OF 27.

Screen: film adaptation currently in development.

Narrative Heritage

The Casa Museo dell'Alchimista di Tambre.

In Valdenoghèr, in the Alpago, the Casa Museo dell'Alchimista is one of the physical and narrative hubs of the saga: a real place where architecture, alchemical symbolism and story meet.

Alessandro Tonussi is the Representative of the Casa Museo dell'Alchimista di Tambre.

Discover the House, video and itinerary →