Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2025-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 154 Guerzoni, Giuseppe 1835 1886 Memorie d'un disertore, vol. 3/3 : $b storia d'una famiglia di patriotti $aMilano :$bTreves, $c1871. Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano) "Memorie d'un disertore, vol. 3/3 : storia d'una famiglia di patriotti" by Guerzoni is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set amid the Piedmontese ferment of revolution, it follows a family of patriots swept into student uprisings, military mutinies, and the court’s intrigues around Carlo Alberto’s hesitation. The narrative centers on ardent young conspirators like Giorgio Santafiori, Ernesto Gastone, and Pietro Muschietti, counterpoised with the calculating Salomone Arena and the magistrate Tacchini. Expect action, political maneuvering, and stark moral choices about loyalty, love, and sacrifice. The opening of the novel moves from the bloody repression of students in Turin to the first sparks of revolt: Alessandria rises, while Ferrero attempts a daring but understrength sortie near Porta Nuova, saved only when Ernesto shoots down a royal colonel who tries to sway the troops. Inside the Turin Citadel, Gambini and Giorgio seize the initiative by overpowering the commander Des Geneis, hoisting tricolors and rallying the garrison, which pushes the wavering Carlo Alberto to proclaim a constitution after Muschietti confronts him at gunpoint. The scene then shifts to a provincial town where the ruthless Sindaco Salomone Arena begs help for his arrested son and strikes a sordid bargain with Tacchini: his daughter Giusta’s hand in marriage in exchange for acquittal and safe-conduct. Arena intercepts letters, reveals that Giorgio too has been imprisoned, and, under family pressure, Giusta consents in principle while seeking proof. A brief historical interlude sketches the revolution’s weaknesses and the court’s countermoves, before returning to Giorgio on sentry duty overhearing the prince’s midnight soliloquy, torn between revolutionary promises and dynastic loyalty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240811024335guerzoni 1871 IT Reading ease score: 44.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 219305 2025-07-30T08:33:04.669489 text/html 193538 2025-07-17T13:20:51 text/html 259535 2025-07-30T08:33:10.480437 application/epub+zip 257395 2025-07-30T08:33:06.282484 application/epub+zip 257395 2025-07-30T08:33:05.351455 application/epub+zip 1022168 2025-07-30T08:33:13.559411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 998078 2025-07-30T08:33:09.736533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191108 2025-07-30T08:33:04.149512 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171140 2025-07-17T13:20:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13459 2025-07-30T08:33:13.708407 application/rdf+xml 17439 2025-07-30T08:33:05.692455 image/jpeg 2621 2025-07-30T08:33:05.496475 image/jpeg 1035631 2025-07-30T08:33:04.697501 application/octet-stream application/zip