Valperga: or The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca by Mary Shelley

Valperga: or The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

Mary Shelley with Michael Rossington (Contributor)

464 pages first pub 1823 (editions)

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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