The Bells of Italy
Author | : Grace Gorges |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : Grace Gorges |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1927 |
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Author | : John Hersey |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2019-06-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 059308070X |
This classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the story of an Italian-American major in World War II who wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700-year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists. Although stituated during one of the most devastating experiences in human history, John Hersey's story speaks with unflinching patriotism and humanity.
Author | : Neil Christie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Bell towers |
ISBN | : 9780954409234 |
Author | : Richard Harvell |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2010-09-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307590542 |
Written as a confessional letter to his son, an 18th century opera singer recounts how his gift for sound led him on an astonishing journey to Europe’s celebrated opera houses and reveals how he came to raise a son who by all rights he never could have sired. The celebrated opera singer Lo Svizzero was born in a belfry high in the Swiss Alps where his mother served as the keeper of the loudest and most beautiful bells in the land. Shaped by the bells’ glorious music, he possessed an extraordinary gift for sound. But when his preternatural hearing was discovered—along with its power to expose the sins of the church—young Moses Froben was cast out of his village with only his ears to guide him in a world fraught with danger. Rescued from certain death by two traveling monks, he finds refuge at the vast and powerful Abbey of St. Gall. There, he becomes the protégé of the Abbey’s brilliant yet repulsive choirmaster, Ulrich. But it is this gift that will cause Moses’ greatest misfortune: determined to preserve his brilliant pupil’s voice, Ulrich has Moses castrated. Now, he will forever sing with the exquisite voice of an angel—a musico—yet castration is an abomination in the Swiss Confederation, and so he must hide his shameful condition from his friends and even from the girl he has come to love. When his saviors are exiled and his beloved leaves St. Gall for an arranged marriage in Vienna, he decides he can deny the truth no longer and he follows her—to sumptuous Vienna, to the former monks who saved his life, to an apprenticeship at one of Europe’s greatest theaters, and to the premiere of one of history’s most beloved operas. Like the voice of Lo Svizzero, The Bells is a sublime debut novel that rings with passion, courage, and beauty.
Author | : Trevor Dean |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2000-08-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780719052040 |
The towns of Italy in the later Middle Ages presents over one hundred fascinating documents, carefully selected and coordinated from the richest, most innovative and most documented society of the European Middle Ages: the urban civilization of Italy. After a general introduction, the book is divided into five sections on physical environment, civic religion, economy, society and politics. Each document is individually introduced and set in its own context.
Author | : Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Catacombs |
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Author | : Edward V. Williams |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2014-07-14 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1400854636 |
This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author | : Oscar Kuhns |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Italian poetry |
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Author | : Sir Sidney Low |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1204 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Founding |
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