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The rebel soldier who became the hero of two worlds
Giuseppe Garibaldi became a legend long before Italy finally became a unified country. By 1849, he was commanding the defense of Rome while French artillery bombarded the city, refusing to surrender ...
Modern Italy was unified in 1870 when the national government annexed Rome and the Papal States despite protests from Pope Pius IX. The new nation almost didn't survive, as Pius struggled to persuade ...
Admirers of the British writer Tim Parks might find his latest nonfiction book, “The Hero’s Way” (Norton, 384 pages, $27.95) a surprise. For 40-odd years he has written about his adopted country, ...
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