The Count of Carmagnola

Name: The Count of Carmagnola
Author: Alessandro Manzoni

by Alessandro Manzoni

Historical tragedy of a Venetian military commander during Renaissance political conflict

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Alessandro Manzoni

Italian novelist and poet whose historical novel The Betrothed is considered the masterpiece of Italian Romantic fiction and one of the most important novels in the Italian language.

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