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Across Sicily with Garibaldi's Thousand: An Adventure in Landscape and Italian Memory (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781846884757)
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xThe 1860 Expedition of the Thousand, in which a group of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto, near Genoa, landing on the west coast of Sicily and advancing to its capital Palermo in a bid to liberate the island from Bourbon rule, is perhaps the defining moment of the unification of Italy, and a testament to the bravery, resilience and vision of the country's last condottiere.
Drawing on a wealth of contemporary diaries and other first-hand accounts by the protagonists of the events, and interspersing them with his own penetrating remarks, best-selling author Tim Parks retraces the journey of the "Mille" through the ragged landscape of Sicily under the blazing summer heat, bringing back to life an entire world in all its intricate complexity. Along the way he revisits old controversies and provides answers to many unresolved questions - as well as offering a vivid commentary on the Italy of today.Author: Tim Parks
ISBN-10: 1846884756
ISBN-13: 9781846884757
Publisher: Alma Books
Language: English
Published: 07/28/2026
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.79h x 5.08w x 1.00d
By Tim Parks
xTim Parks is the author of twenty novels, including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, In Extremis and, most recently, Mr Geography, all of which have been translated into many languages. As well as being a novelist and the author of several works of non-fiction, Tim is the acclaimed translator of books by Moravia, Calvino, Machiavelli and other Italian writers. He is a regular contributor to the TLS, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.
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