Leonardo da Vinci, Napoleon, Stendhal and Hemingway, a Florentine, two Frenchmen and an American: all four of them Milanese. These "giants" intensely occupied Milan for a long time.
After the first Four Giants in Milan (Leonardo, Napoleone, Hemingway and Stendhal), Farinotti tells the story of other "giants" who lived in Milan and played important role in the city's history, from the 5th century b.c. to the second war of independence which let Milan freed from Austrians.