![]() ![]() He translated Giuseppi di Lampedusa's masterpiece, The Leopard, for Everyman's, and in 1954 wrote a biography of Manzoni. In 1940 he became acting director of the British Institute in Naples and served as an intelligence officer during the war. He teaches at the City of London School and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.About the Translator: ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN (1912-1964) studied at Oxford and the Royal College of Art and went to Italy to paint in the 1930s. ![]() He is the biographer of Handel, Purcell, and Stendhal, and is well known as a reviewer and writer on Italian culture and history. About the Introducer: JONATHAN KEATES's works include the short story collection Allegro Postillions and the novel The Stranger's Gallery. His innovative style won him a broad audience and powerfully influenced the Italian writers who succeeded him. His masterpiece, I promessi sposi-The Betrothed-was groundbreaking for replacing conventional antiquated rhetorical forms with expressive and accessible prose. Manzoni draws on actual people and events to create an unforgettable fresco of Italian life and society. ALESSANDRO MANZONI, a revered poet, novelist, and statesman, was born in Milan in 1785 and died in 1873. In the fall of 1628, two young lovers are forced to flee their village on the shores of Lake Como after a powerful lord prevents their marriage, plunging them into the maelstrom of history. ![]()
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