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  • Published: 15 November 2013
  • ISBN: 9781841593579
  • Imprint: Everyman
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 680
  • RRP: $32.99
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The Betrothed





The Betrothed's exploration of love, power and faith presents a whirling panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life and is one of the greatest European historical novels.

Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters - the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister 'Unnamed' - in their struggle to be reunited. A vigorous portrayal of enduring passion,

  • Published: 15 November 2013
  • ISBN: 9781841593579
  • Imprint: Everyman
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 680
  • RRP: $32.99
Categories:

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Praise for The Betrothed

The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), Italy's national literary classic, is many fine things. But above all it is a love story

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