Friday, January 27, 2012

The siege of Venice -- "Si ridesti il leon"

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The siege of Venice
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Jonathan Keates - 2005 - 495 pages - Snippet view

Alessandro Guiccioli, grandson of Byron's 'last attachment' Teresa, remembered years afterwards how, during his youth in 1840s Venice, the streets had echoed to the second-act chorus 'Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia'. ...

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