The Pursuit of Italy

A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples

(Author) David Gilmour
Format: Paperback
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Gilmour delves deep into Italy's cultural past to discover not only the effects of Risorgimento, but what, if anything, earlier generations have said about the concept of Italy. He examines what the Enlightenment thinkers believed, what Dante thought, what Machiavelli wanted and what the emperors made of it.

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Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
657
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780141043418
Publish year:
2012
Publish date:
April 5, 2012

David Gilmour

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