The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) is one of the greatest European historical novels.
As its title impies, it an epic love story in Lombardy on the late 1620s.
It is no spoiler to say, and you will be relieved to know, that the two young lovers eventually marry.
But it is what happens along that way that makes The Betrothed so engaging and instructive.
The Betrothed fictionalizes in great detail the historical realities of the Thirty Years War and the Great Plague t.
Alicia Editions The betrothed: the great plague of milan, hardcover/alessandro manzoni
