Valperga  by Mary Shelley

Valperga

Mary Shelley with Tilottama Rajan (Contributor)

492 pages first pub 1823 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Valperga (1823), the novel Mary Shelley wrote after Frankenstein, is based on the life of Castruccio Castracani (1281-1328), Prince of Lucca. A brilliant soldier and cruel tyrant, he successfully commanded Ghibelline forces in Tuscany against the ...

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