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Valperga
Sign in to saveAlso known as Valperga, or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
historical novel by Mary Shelley
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- Author
- Mary Shelley
- First published
- 1823
- Editions
- 48
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Condottieri, Guelfs and Ghibellines, Romans, nouvelles, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, Italy, fiction
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- #63339
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- ValpergaTitleVol2.jpg
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- publication date
- 1823-00-00
- last line
- EN VIVO VIVAMQUE FAMA RERUM GESTARUM ITALICAE MILITIAE SPLENDOR; LUCENSIUM DECUS ETRURIAE ORNAMENTUM CASTRUCCIUS GERII ANTELMINELLORUM STIRPE VIXI PECCAVI DOLUI CESSI NATURAE INDIGENTI ANIMAE PIAE BENEVOLI SUCCURRITE BREVI MEMORES VOS MORITUROS.
- first line
- The other nations of Europe were yet immersed in barbarism, when Italy, where the light of civilization had never been wholly eclipsed, began to emerge from the darkness of the ruin of the Western Empire, and to catch from the East the returning rays of literature and science.
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