TY - BOOK AU - Gilmour,David TI - The pursuit of Italy: a history of a land, its regions and their peoples SN - 9780141043418 AV - bG488p 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - Italy--History KW - Italy--Civilization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2011 N2 - 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 ER -