Valperga, Or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
Publisher: Telegraph Books
Published: December 1988
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9780897609784
Subjects: Literary; Fiction - General
First sentence: THE other nations of Europe were yet immersed in barbarism, when Italy, where the light of civilization had never been wholly eclipsed, began to emerged from the darkness of the ruin of the Western Empire, and to catch from the East the returning rays of literature and science.