{"product_id":"italy-and-its-monarchy-denis-mack-smith-9780300051322","title":"Italy and Its Monarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the world's leading historians of Italy, this provocative and highly readable book is the first major study of the Italian monarchy and its impact on Italy's history, from Unification in 1861 to the foundation of the Italian republic after the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant, . . . remarkable, . . . highly entertaining. . . . Only Mack Smith could have told what is finally so shabby a story with this combination of learning and bravura.--Nicholas Richardson, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant narrative history of the political role of the kings of Italy. It is based on an immense range of sources.--Philip Mansel, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMack Smith is the leading writer in English on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian history. . . . [He] has now written a study of the Italian monarchy that subjects the four kings of united Italy to [. . . a] . . . debunking treatment. He shows how indispensable the monarchy was for the working of the Italian political system, but also how it was ultimately disastrous.--James Joll, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA welcome addition to libraries in the English-speaking world. . . . Denis Mack Smith shows masterful command of political and diplomatic sources and balanced historical judgment.--Clara M. Lovett, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book to be read and enjoyed. It is urbane [and] stylish.--Richard Bosworth, \u003ci\u003eInternational History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denis Mack Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300051328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300051322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 5.75w x 1.00d","brand":"Denis Mack Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981538492671,"sku":"9780300051322","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_908b531e-d3d7-4969-a13a-b7a9cec075ab.jpg?v=1683256164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italy-and-its-monarchy-denis-mack-smith-9780300051322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}