Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Mary Shelley. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Mary Shelley. Show all posts

29 March 2019

Castruccio Castracani - condottiero

Castruccio Castracani was a career soldier who ruled Lucca for 12 years Mercenary soldier who ruled Lucca Castruccio Castracani, a ...

10 April 2018

Giovanni Aldini - physicist

Professor thought to have given Mary Shelley the idea for Frankenstein Giovanni Aldini picked up the mantle of his uncle, Luigi Galvan...

8 July 2016

Death of the poet Shelley

Dramatic storm took the life of young literary talent Portrait of Shelley by Amelia Curran, painted in about 1819 English poet Percy...

23 February 2016

John Keats – poet

Writer spent his final days in the Eternal City The portrait of Keats by William Hilton, which is housed in the National Portrait Gall...

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