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The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples
David Gilmour
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Description for The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples
paperback. Explaining the extraordinary course of Italian history, this book traces the history of the Italian peninsula and gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking the influential myths which have grown up around it. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
The book that explains the whole extraordinary course of Italian history like no other in English The Pursuit of Italy traces the whole history of the Italian peninsula in a wonderfully readable style, full of well-chosen stories and observations from personal experience, and peopled by many of the great figures of the Italian past, from Cicero and Virgil to Dante and the Medici, from Cavour and Verdi to the controversial political figures of the twentieth century. The book gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking ... Read more
The book that explains the whole extraordinary course of Italian history like no other in English The Pursuit of Italy traces the whole history of the Italian peninsula in a wonderfully readable style, full of well-chosen stories and observations from personal experience, and peopled by many of the great figures of the Italian past, from Cicero and Virgil to Dante and the Medici, from Cavour and Verdi to the controversial political figures of the twentieth century. The book gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141043418
SKU
V9780141043418
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Ref
99-98
About David Gilmour
David Gilmour is one of Britain's most admired and accomplished historical writers and biographers. His previous books include The Last Leopard : A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa (winner of the Marsh Biography Award) Curzon (Duff Cooper Prize) and Long Recessional:The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling (Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography).
Reviews for The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples
A highly idiosyncratic meander through the peninsula's history led by a witty guide with an elegant prose style and a mind delightfully furnished with anecdotes and dictums, sensual impressions and conversations. This is a clever and erudite book.
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Sunday Telegraph
David Gilmour's elegantly written book is full of impressive insights and can be recommended without ... Read more
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Sunday Telegraph
David Gilmour's elegantly written book is full of impressive insights and can be recommended without ... Read more