Betrothed, The

Betrothed, The
Alessandro Manzoni
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Hardback
h210 x 139mm - 736pg
13 Sep 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780679643562
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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, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters - the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister 'Unnamed' - in their struggle to be reunited.
"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
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.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780679643562
Published: 13 Sep 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 139mm
Pages: 736

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