The Leopard
Vintage Quarterbound Classics
$31.44
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2024
Summary
A beautiful hardback edition of the great Italian classic.
Historical fiction at its best.
It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily. Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people, including his own numerous family, in mingled splendour and squalor. But then comes Garibaldi’s landing on the Sicilian coast. As Garibaldi’s forces press inland, the Prince must decide whether to resist the forces of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784879648 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1784879649 |
| Author: | Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhoun |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 136mm x 205mm |
| Series: | Vintage Quarterbound Classics |
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Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa was a Sicilian nobleman, Duke of Parma and Prince of Lampedusa. He was born in Palermo in 1896 and died in Rome in 1957. He lived the life of a literary dilettante, was familiar with the great literatures of the world, and was widely travelled. Much of Lampedusa’s other work is collected in The Siren and Other Writings.
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