This is a first edition in average condition.  It was published by The Folio Society in 1968.  This book was translated an edited by John Parris.

'At the beginning of April 1860, uprisings in Messina and Palermo in the independent and peaceful Kingdom of the Two Sicilies provided Garibaldi with an opportunity.  He gathered about a thousand volunteers (practically all northern Italians, and called i Mille (the Thousand), or, as popularly known, the Redshirts) in two ships named Piemonte and Lombardo, left from Genoa on May 5 in the evening and landed at Marsala, on the westernmost point of Sicily, on May 11.  Swelling the ranks of his army with scattered bands of local rebels, Garibaldi led 800 volunteers to victory over an enemy force of 1500 on the hill of Calatafimi on May 15.  He used the counter-intuitive tactic of an uphill bayonet charge.  He saw that the hill the enemy had taken position on was terraced, and the terraces would give shelter to his advancing men.  Though small by comparison with the coming clashes at Palermo, Milazzo and Volturno, this battle was decisive in terms of establishing Garibaldi's power in the island.  An apocryphal but realistic story had him say to his lieutenant Nino Bixio,  Qui si fa l'Italia o si muore, that is, Here we either make Italy, or we die.  In reality, the Neapolitan forces were ill guided, and most of its higher officers had been bought out.  The next day, he declared himself dictator of Sicily in the name of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.  He advanced to Palermo, the capital of the island, and launched a siege on May 27. He had the support of many inhabitants, who rose up against the garrison, but before they could take the city, reinforcements arrived and bombarded the city nearly to ruins.  At this time, a British admiral intervened and facilitated an armistice, by which the Neapolitan royal troops and warships surrendered the city and departed.  Garibaldi had won a single victory.  He gained worldwide renown and the adulation of Italians.  Faith in his prowess was so strong that doubt, confusion, and dismay seized even the Neapolitan court.  Six weeks later, he marched against Messina in the east of the island, winning a ferocious and difficult battle at Milazzo.  By the end of July, only the citadel resisted.'

This is a 1st Edition / 1st Printing.

Condition:

Book - Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a lean, fading and discolouration to the spine, some marking and discolouration to the covers, opens easily to several pages, v.slight marking to the page edges and slight, but even, tanning to the pages.

Slip Case - Average - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners, edges and covers, a few small nicks and tears and marking, scratches and discolouration.

 

 

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