Elvira Ruocco Alfa Romeo, tra storia e passione – Signed Copy by Rodolfo Solera + Elvira Ruocco!

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A WOMAN AS EYE-WITNESS OF THE GREAT HISTORY OF ALFA

In a colourful conversation/interview with Elvira Ruocco – the woman who ran the Alfa Romeo Historical Archive for over 20 years after helping to save it from oblivion – the story of the glorious Milanese marque and the men and women who made it great and famous throughout the world comes to life. The backdrop is that of the countless and often dramatic events that, from the debut of Società Italiana Automobili Darracq in 1906, the initial embryo of what would later become Alfa Romeo, led to the sale of the company to the Fiat group in 1986 and eventually in 2005, when it was time for Ruocco to retire. Ruocco successfully sheds a special light on all these facts, whether well-known, little-known or completely unknown, having experienced them first-hand, heard them directly from the protagonists or even discovered them during the long and meticulous archival work she conducted. Her narrative highlights her true Neapolitan character, just like that of Nicola Romeo- engineer and entrepreneur, one of the creators of Alfa Romeo – and her strong love for the Casa del Biscione, an extended family to which everyone, managers, employees and workers alike, has always been proud to belong.