Italiana
Synopsis
Italia, 1848. Maria Oliverio, de familia campina calabra, crece en una pobreza extrema que la condena a una vida sin futuro. Dengañada por las promas incumplidas de la unificación italiana, se convierte en la temida Ciccilla, una bandida y brigantsa en busca dperada de justicia y libertad. Basada en un personaje real, la novela reconstruye, a partir de documentos históricos, la historia de una heroìna excepcional y la traición que dio origen a la nación italiana.
Italy, 1848. Maria Oliverio, born into a poor Calabrian peasant family, grows up in extreme poverty, seemingly condemned to a life without prospects. Disillusioned by the broken promis of Italian unification, she becom the feared Ciccilla, a bandit and brigantsa driven by a dperate search for justice and freedom. Based on a real historical figure, the novel reconstructs-through official documents-the story of an extraordinary heroine and the betrayal at the origins of the Italian nation.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Armaenia Editorial, S.L.
- ISBN: 9788418994388
- Number of pages: 320
- Languages: Spanish
