Garibaldi: Hero of Italian Unification: Hero of Italian Unification - Softcover

Hibbert, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230606067 ISBN 13: 9780230606067

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Synopsis

Giuseppe Garibaldi was praised for his military genius, his courage, and his charisma. Known as the "Hero of Two Worlds," Garibaldi's military prowess extended to the Americas, where he played a major role in the Brazilian struggle for independence. During his fight for Italian unification Garibaldi personally led an army of local untrained rebels to victory in Palermo, Naples, and Sicily. His forces suffered from lack of equipment, food, and money, and yet Garabaldi commanded their fierce loyalty. Christopher Hibbert reveals how this iconic figure earned the adulation of not only his fellow Italians, but people across the globe.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Hibbert, "a pearl of biographers" (New Statesman), is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many highly acclaimed books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George VI, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads. He lives in Henley-on-Thames, England.

Review:

Praise for Garibaldi: "...an admirable piece of work.  Besides giving us a vivid account of Garibaldi's successes and misfortunes, it supplies a dramatic picture of his personality.  Mr. Hibbert's treatment of his subject, though never unsympathetic, is distinguised thorugh its realism and candour." - Peter Quennell, author of Vladimir Nabokov: A Tribute “Hibbert is a remarkably prolific popular historian, who can take on almost anything, from Dickens to General Wolfe, from Agincourt to Garibaldi.” – The Observer

“A vivid biography of the hero of making modern Italy.” – The Times (London) on Garibaldi

Praise for Christopher Hibbert: "The writing of history is an exercise in instruction; but that is no reason why it should not also be an exercise in rhetoric, for there is a voluptas to the texture of history that is best conveyed by good writing. Gibbon understood this, so did Macaulay. And so does Christopher Hibbert."

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0230606067
• ISBN 13: 9780230606067
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480