The Pursuit of Italy
A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples
$49.05
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2012
Summary
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 the influential …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141043418 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141043415 |
| Author: | David Gilmour |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
David Gilmour’s elegantly written book is full of impressive insights and can be recommended without hesitation as a stimulating, up-to-date and reliable guide to modern Italian history for the general reader. Gilmour’s book displays deep knowledge of Italy and is scholarly but never dense. – Tony Barber * Financial Times *
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 *
About The Author
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).
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