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

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The adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered Florence. In the novel, his armies threaten the fictional fortress of Valperga, governed by Countess Euthanasia, the woman he loves. He forces her to choose between her feelings for him and political liberty.
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Release dateApr 25, 2014
ISBN9781609778804
Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born in 1797, the daughter of two of the leading radical writers of the age. Her mother died just days after her birth and she was educated at home by her father and encouraged in literary pursuits. She eloped with and subsequently married the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, but their life together was full of hardship. The couple were ruined by disapproving parents and Mary lost three of her four children. Although its subject matter was extremely dark, her first novel Frankenstein (1818) was an instant sensation. Subsequent works such as Mathilda (1819), Valperga (1823) and The Last Man (1826) were less successful but are now finally receiving the critical acclaim that they deserve.

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