Name: Valperga, by Mary Shelley (novel): Valperga; or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823)
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Author: Shelley, Mary
ISBN: 9781532851452

portada Valperga, by Mary Shelley (novel): Valperga; or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mary Shelley

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

Inglés

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.4 x 20.3 x 0.4 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781532851452

Synopsis "Valperga, by Mary Shelley (novel): Valperga; or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (1823)"

Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca, is an 1823 historical novel by the Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, set amongst the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines (the latter of which she spelled "Ghibeline".) Valperga is a historical novel which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered Florence. In the novel, his armies threaten the fictional fortress of Valperga, governed by Countess Euthanasia, the woman he loves. He forces her to choose between her feelings for him and political liberty. She chooses the latter and sails off to her death

Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) fue una escritora, dramaturga, ensayista y biógrafa británica. Es una de las escritoras más importantes e influyentes de las letras británicas del siglo XIX. Su poderosa imaginación y su inagotable sed de concimiento le llevaron a concebir Frankenstein, una de las novelas más leídas y estudiadas desde su publicación. Además escribió otras novelas, como El último hombre o Perkin Warbeck, y un buen número de relatos.

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