01058cam a2200265 i 4500 124808 20230410143135.0 170424b2012 enkaa 000 0 eng 9780141043418 1846142512 9781846142512 0141043415 eng bG488p 2012 Gilmour, David. The pursuit of Italy : a history of a land, its regions and their peoples / David Gilmour 2da ed. London : Penguin , 2012. xv, 447 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2011. Explaining the extraordinary course of Italian history, this book traces the history of the Italian peninsula and gives a clear-eyed view of the Risorgimento, the pivotal event in modern Italian history, debunking the influential myths which have grown up around it. Italy--History. Italy--Civilization. lcc bk 96439 96439 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2023-04-10 0 G488p 2012 00000117976 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk