The Conquest of Rome

Matilde Serao. Edited By Ann Caesar

ISBN 10: 1851960252 / ISBN 13: 9781851960255

Published by Pickering & Chatto, London England, 1991

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Hardback. price clipped to D/J. Matilde Serao is arguably the most famous italian woman journalis of the nineteenth century. An indegatigable worker, she published over forty books, wrote a very popular newspaper column, founded four newspapers, and brought up five children. A great observer of life, her works focus directly on the most pressing problems of a newly-unified Italy; urban poverty, and the North-South divide. Serao's short-stories and bylines appeared in most of the outstanding periodicals of the day. 246 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in sci fi fantasy and horror, The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Conquest of Rome
• Publisher: Pickering & Chatto, London England
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851960252
• ISBN 13: 9781851960255
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature,classics Poetry and Plays

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Synopsis

Matilde Serao (1857-1927) was a successful and prolific journalist and novelist. This book tells the story of the arrival in Rome of a provincial deputy from the poor South. It paints a portrait of political and social life in contemporary Rome.

About the Author

Mathilde Serao