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?
- ISBN10 1782690220
- ISBN13 9781782690221
- Publish Date 10 April 2014
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 May 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pushkin Children's Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 104
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781782690221