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Suggested reading for the unification of Italy

Here's some 'classic advice (and even single-issue, since we're talking mostly of Sicily) for this day. If you have not read these books ... Well, what are you waiting for?

The Viceroy ', by Federico De Roberto. First edition: 1894

Through a noble family in Catania, the Uzeda of Francalanza, witnessing the history of the Southern Renaissance and the early years of the unification of Italy, the novel is, in fact, set between 1855 and 1882.

One of the masterpieces of Italian verismo with the Malavoglia Verga.

The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tommasi di Lampedusa. First Edition (posthumous): 1958
One of the most beautiful books I have ever read. The new era of unity is examined from the standpoint of Prince Salina, the old stronghold of the Sicilian nobility. The novel reveals the changes can be empty.

then remember the story, "Freedom" by Verga, who is of Sicilian peasants' revolt of 1860 Bronte sedated, in a somewhat cursory by Ninio Bixio posted by Garibaldi.

of this carry-step:

" doth a handkerchief from the tower three colors, the tocsin rang the bells, and shouting in the streets "Long live freedom." As the stormy sea. The crowd swayed and foamed in front of the casino of the gentry, in front of City Hall, on the steps of the church: a sea of \u200b\u200bwhite hats, axes and scythes were shining .