The Viceroys

Name: The Viceroys
Author: Federico de Roberto

by Federico de Roberto

Sicilian novel depicting aristocratic family's moral decline during Italian unification

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Federico de Roberto

Italian novelist associated with verismo who produced one of the greatest Italian historical novels in The Viceroys, a Leopard-like portrait of Sicilian aristocracy's accommodation with the new Italian state.

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