The Conquest of Rome

Name: The Conquest of Rome
Author: Matilde Serao

by Matilde Serao

Novel of ambition and social climbing in modern Naples through political engagement

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Matilde Serao

Italian journalist and novelist who co-founded the Neapolitan newspaper Il Mattino. Her naturalistic fiction depicting the lives of working-class women in Naples made her one of the most celebrated Italian authors of her day.

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