For a summary of all translated versions of The Wheel of Time see The Wheel of Time translations.
The Wheel of Time translates as La Ruota del Tempo in Italian. The first three books in the series were published in Italian translation by Mondadori in the 90s, then the Fanucci Editore republished them and continued the publication of the remaining books in the series. The year of the 1st Edition in Italian is listed in parentheses.[1] Volumes 1 and 2 are translated by Gaetano Luigi Staffilano; the prequel and volumes 3 through 7 are translated by Valeria Ciocci; Nello Giugliano translated volume 8, and Gabriele Giorgi is the translator for volumes 9 through 11.
Book Titles[]
Prequel New Spring - Nuova Primavera (2005)
- The Eye of the World - L'occhio del mondo (1992)
- The Great Hunt - La grande caccia (1993)
- The Dragon Reborn - Il drago rinato (1995)
- The Shadow Rising - L'ascesa dell'Ombra (2004)
- The Fires of Heaven - I fuochi del cielo (2004)
- Lord of Chaos - Il signore del caos (2005)
- Crown of Swords - La corona di spade (2006)
- The Path of Daggers - Il sentiero dei pugnali (2007)
- Winter's Heart - Il cuore dell'inverno (2008)
- Crossroads of Twilight - Crocevia del crepuscolo (2009)
- Knife of Dreams - La lama dei sogni (2010)
- Gathering of Storm - Presagi di tempesta (2011)
- Towers of Midnight - Le torri di mezzanotte (2012)
- A Memory of Light - Memoria di luce (2013)
Book Covers[]
Fanucci Editore (TV Show Tie-in)[]
Fanucci Editore (Portrait designs)[]
Fanucci Editore (Silhouette design)[]
The publishers reissued the whole series, including New Spring, with a consistent design.
Fanucci Editore (Third design)[]
The remaining books in the series were published with original artwork, with slightly altered versions of books eight and nine to fit in with the newer covers.
Fanucci Editore (Second design)[]
The next printing and continuation of later volumes in the series are part of a mismatched series of covers. They can be grouped as follows:
- Books 1-5: Imitations, but not direct copies, of the Darrell K. Sweet Tor originals eg. Egwene on The Shadow Rising original cover has been changed to a blonde woman and wearing white.
- Books 6-7: Use the original Tor artwork directly.
- Books 8-9: Use original artwork.
Fanucci Editore (First designs)[]
The first version of The Eye of the World mirrors the original, but was later republished to match the later covers for books 2-7 and New Spring.
Mondadori[]
The first three books in the series were published betweem 1992 and 1995, but no more books were published until 2005 when the publishers changed to Fanucci Editore.
