Book 2020

The Betrothed

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Publisher: Benediction Books
Published: 2020

Fiction, historical
Italy, fiction
Peasants
Fiction
History
Social conditions
Italian fiction
Plague

Renzo and Lucia fly from the villainous Don Rodrigo and are separated. Their flight takes them out of their peaceful village life into turbulent history; violent bread riots in Milan, the ravages of the 30 years war, famine, and finally the plague, with all its attendant horrors.