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The Betrothed : a tale of XVII century Milan / Alessandro Manzoni ; translated by Archibald Colquhoun ; with an introduction by Jonathan Keates.

Title
The Betrothed : a tale of XVII century Milan / Alessandro Manzoni ; translated by Archibald Colquhoun ; with an introduction by Jonathan Keates.
Author
Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873
Publication
New York : Alfred A.Knopf, [2013]

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Additional Authors
Colquhoun, Archibald
Description
xxxii, 610 pages; 21 cm.
Summary
Renzo and Lucia fly from the villainous Don Rodrigo and are separated. Their flight takes them out of their peaceful village life into turbulent history; violent bread riots in Milan, the ravages of the 30 years war, famine, and finally the plague, with all its attendant horrors.
Series Statement
Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; 357
Uniform Title
  • Promessi sposi. English
  • Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
Alternative Title
Promessi sposi.
Subject
  • 1559-1789
  • Plague > Fiction
  • Italy > History > 1559-1789 > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Fiction
  • History
  • Historical fiction
Note
  • "This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780375712340 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0375712348 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1841593575
  • 9781841593579
LCCN
^^2013017394
OCLC
  • 825046429
  • SCSB-12661577
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library