Napoleon in Italy: The Sieges of Mantua, 1796-1799 Volume 44

by Phillip R. Cuccia

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In the center of Mantua, in northern Italy, a covered bridge stretches over the narrow Rio where vendors sell fish from pushcarts just as locals did more than two hundred years ago when Napoleon Bonaparte laid siege to the city. Four cannon balls protruding out of an adjacent wall offer a tacit monument to the sufferings of townspeople during the 1796-1797 siege, when the city, held by Austrian troops, finally fell under French control. Two years...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0806151846

ISBN13:9780806151847

Release Date:November 2015

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:330 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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