A Sterner Plan for Italian Unity

by Raymond Grew

Book Overview

Italy in 1850 was a politically weak and divided country. The revolutionary spirit of 1848 had faded; much of the country was again under foreign control. Her political leaders were in exile, but they could not dismiss their dreams of a united Italy. Raymond Grew, in his account of the Italian National Society, shows the part that the Society had in realizing these dreams, and presents fresh material on the climactic years of the Risorgimento--who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691651671
• ISBN13: 9780691651675
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"