Nievo, Ippolito - The Castle of Fratta

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Nievo, Ippolito - The Castle of Fratta (Published in London by The Folio Society. 1954. First printed in 1867 and regarded as a classic in Italian fiction, centered around a gloomy castle in Northern Italy still living in a Feudal past. Nievo was a soldier-poet and lieutenant of Garibaldi. He was lost at sea in 1861 aged 30 but left behind an epic novel which has long been recognized as a classic of Italian fiction. This is an abridged English translation. Illustrated by Eric Fraser.Hardback)

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