The Betrothed
$37.80
- Hardcover
680 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2013
Summary
The Betrothed’s exploration of love, power and faith presents a whirling panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life and is one of the greatest European historical novels.
Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841593579 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841593575 |
| Author: | Alessandro Manzoni |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 680 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 674g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 137mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), Italy’s national literary classic, is many fine things. But above all it is a love story
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), Italy’s national literary classic, is many fine things. But above all it is a love story * Wall Street Journal *
About The Author
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni was born in 1785 near Lake Como, Italy. Sent to boarding school at the age of five, he felt estranged from his family, particularly when his mother left his father. As a young man Manzoni subscribed to the ideas of the French Revolution, joining his mother in Paris, where he married Henriette Blondel in 1808. He wrote throughout his life, but suffered from a nervous disorder which grew progressively worse through his lifetime. He died in 1873.
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