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THE LEOPARD - GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA GEBU...

A beautiful hardback edition of the great Italian classic. 'Historical fiction at its best' The
Week It is the spring of 1869 and there is talk of revolution in Sicily. Fabrizio  the
charismatic Prince of Salina  still rules over thousands of acres and hundreds of people 
including his own numerous family  in mingled splendour and squalor. But then comes Garibaldi's
landing on the Scicilian coast. As Garibaldi's forces press inland  the Prince must decide
whether to resist the forces of change or come to terms with them. 'Every once in a while...one
stumbles on a book or a writer  and the impact is like an indelible mark. Lampedusa's The
Leopard  his only novel  and a masterpiece  is such a work' Independent 'The poetry of
Lampedusa's novel flows into the Sicilian countryside...a work of great artistry' Peter Ackroyd
Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful

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