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Explores the riot in the Sicilian town of Bronte, on the slopes of Mount Etna and under the domination of British landowners and links this event to larger themes of poverty, injustice, mismanagement, and Britain's policy towards Italy in the 19th century.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success. For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in Sicily and provoked the collapse of the Bourbon monarchy, the overthrow of papal power in central Italy, and the creation of the Italian nation state. It made him a global icon, representing strength, bravery, manliness, saintliness, and a spirit of adventure. Handsome, flamboyant, and sexually attrac...