The Story of the Betrothed

The most famous Italian novel, retold for children

"This marriage is not supposed to happen."

Lombardy, 1628, a time of oppressive Spanish occupation of Northern Italy, and of the Thirty Years' War. The young lovers Lorenzo and Lucia, both from peasant families, are planning their wedding. However, the villainous Don Rodrigo has designs on Lucia, and the lovers are forced to flee their village. Their dangerous journey in exile takes them through one of the most dramatic epochs in Italian history, filled with war, famine and plague - will they ever be able to find happiness together?

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Publication Date
10 April 2014

Publisher
Pushkin Children's Books

Book Type
Hardback

ISBN
9781782690221