THE ITALIAN
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Publisher Description
Napoleon has fallen and the Austrian Empiresweeps the continent. Dashing revolutionaries,traitors and spies lurk in every quarter in theturbulent Italy of the 1820s.
Italian patriot Angelo Bartolini is a man ofmany faces: a devoted son and brother, a noblefriend and a stalwart nationalist. As a memberof the Carbonari, a secret society dedicated tofreeing Italy from Austrian rule, Angelo is awanted man. But as with all great men, Angelohas a tender side, and his spirit awakens thepassion of the brilliant but shy English painter,Beatrice Fairweather, who now makes herhome in the Tuscan countryside.
The Italian is a compelling story of two peoplewho fall in love at the wrong time for all theright reasons. It is a haunting tale of familiesand war, of missed opportunities, betrayal,tragedy and of a love that knows no end.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Elaine Coffman's (The Fifth Daughter) 19th-century saga, The Italian, highlights the struggle between Italy and Austria in the years following the fall of Napoleon. Angelo Bartolini is a member of the Carbonari, a secret society committed to uniting Italy and freeing it from Austria's control. Though he has dedicated his life to his country and is now a wanted man, he cannot forget his love for Beatrice Fairweather, the shy English painter who captured his heart years earlier. Upon seeing her again, he realizes she is the only woman for him, but with fate and the enemy conspiring against him, he fears he may not have much of a future to offer her. Coffman renders Italy's plight with the exactitude of a historian, but her tendency to intellectualize love will leave readers cold.
