Milan, 1848: the English-Italian singer Emilia Belloni, now known as Vittoria, is to give the signal for revolt against the Austrians from the stage of La Scala. Conspirators, Austrian officers, English visitors and her own divided loves draw her through the uprising and the war that follows across Lombardy.
Meredith’s sequel to Emilia in England, a sweeping novel of the Risorgimento. Download the free EPUB.
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