The Viceroys

A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi's triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto's satirical and mordant pen depicts a cast of upper-class schemers, headed by the old matriarch, Donna Teresa, and exemplified by her arrogant and totally unscrupulous son, Consalvo, who rises to political eminence through lip service, double-dealing, and hypocrisy. The Viceroys is a vast dramatic panorama: a new world fighting to shrug off the viciousness and iniquities of the old.

Author: Federico De Roberto
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/19/2016
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.42d
ISBN13: 9781784782566
ISBN10: 1784782564
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Political
- Fiction | Classics

About the Author
Federico De Roberto (1861-1927) was an Italian writer who became well-known for his novel I Vicerè (1894), translated as The Viceroys.