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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Lion of St. Mark: A Tale of Venice in the 14th Century (1889)di G. A. Henty
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This nineteenth century novel reflects the imperialist spirit of the time it was written, depicting 14th century Venice as being saved from Genoese invasion by a 16 year old English boy, son of a merchant based in the city. This hero, Francis Hammond, has many other adventures, getting out of tricky situations, commanding men and eventually winning the girl in true swashbuckling fashion. An entertaining read, and fairly well researched, despite the imperialist assumptions. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Historical Fiction.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML: Francis, an English lad, lives in fourteenth-century Venice, during a period when the city's strength and splendor were put to the severest of tests by a war with Hungary, Padua, and Genoa. This young hero displays wisdom and manliness in the face of conflict, and such traits carry him safely through an atmosphere of intrigue, crime, and bloodshed. He contributes largely to the Venetian victories at Porto d'Anzo and Chioggia, and he even finds himself drawn into a little romance. "I have laid my story in the time not of the triumphs of Venice but of her hardest struggle for existenceâ??when she defended herself successfully against the coalition of Hungary, Padua, and Genoaâ??for never at any time were the virtues of Venice, her steadfastness, her patriotism, and her willingness to make all sacrifice for her independence more brilliantly shown. The historical portion of the story is drawn from Hazlitt's History of the Republic of Venice, and with it I have woven the adventures of an English boy endowed with a full share of that energy and pluck which, more than any other qualities, have made the British Empire the greatest the world ever saw."â??G. A. H Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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