The Spell of the Italian Lakes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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These lakes recall Mazzini plotting for Italian independence, Garibaldi fighting for it, and Cavour orgamzmg the result; Bra bante building churches and Bernardino Luini and Gaudenzio Ferrari decorating them Carlo Borromeo travelling about his diocese; the missionary Julius preaching on the shores of Lake Orta; the two Plinies residing on their estates at Como; Volta experimenting with electricity; Thorwald sen and Canova supplying statues for lake side villas; Manzoni romancing about the people of Lecco and Stoppani writing of its rocks; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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