Description
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.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781841593579
Author Alessandro Manzoni
Format Hardback
Page Count 680
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publisher Everyman
Weight(grams) 675g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 33mm * 135mm