Risorgimento and the Unification of Italy

by Derek Beales

Book by Beales, Derek

Genres: History, Italy, Nonfiction, Italian Literature

Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Derek Edward Dawson Beales, FBA, was educated at the University of Cambridge, where he gained a BA in 1953, an MA and a PhD in 1957. He was appointed a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1955 and a University Lecturer in History in 1965, which he held until 1980. He was then Professor of Modern History at Cambridge until 1997.

Beales was editor of The Historical Journal from 1971 until 1975. From 1984 until 1987 he was a member of the council of the Royal Historical Society. In 1989 he was elected a fellow of the British Academy.

Reviews

[Megan Tee]

An excellent book about the Italian Risorgimento, I really learned a lot about it.

[Alessandro Coscetti]

Davvero interessante con una collocazione temporale dei fatti molto interessante. Apre un mondo soprattutto sulle cause del Risorgimento. Davvero ben fatto e molto istruttivo.
Complimenti!

[Enrico Della pietra]

Godo book, with a correct analysis of this important period of italian history