Diario de Borges /
José Borjes was a pro-Bourbon Spanish general who was invited in 1861 by King Francis II of the Two Sicilies to lead an insurgent campaign against the Piedmontese army in Basilicata; Carmine Crocco, a popular local brigand, was his (unwilling) subordinate. The plan failed, however, and Borjes was ca...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Madrid :
Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia en España,
1862.
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| Series: | Biblioteca de la Correspondencia.
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| Summary: | José Borjes was a pro-Bourbon Spanish general who was invited in 1861 by King Francis II of the Two Sicilies to lead an insurgent campaign against the Piedmontese army in Basilicata; Carmine Crocco, a popular local brigand, was his (unwilling) subordinate. The plan failed, however, and Borjes was captured and killed by Piedmontese soldiers. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of a portion (pages 108-166) of "Notizie storiche documentate sul brigantaggio nelle provincie napoletane dai tempo di Frà Diavolo sino ai giorni nostri ; aggiuntovi l'intero giornale di Borjès finora inedito" by Marc Monnier. Originally published: FIrenze: G. Barbè̀ra Editore, 1862. Text in two columns. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy forms part of the Lee Fontanella Collection. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy is bound in a single volume which contains the following 6 titles: Diario de Borges / escrito por él mismo ; y traducido por R. G. L. [Madrid : Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia en España, 1862.] -- Siete generaciones de verdugos, 1688-1847 : memorias históricas / de H. Sanson ; traducidas por Don Jose Lesen y Moreno. [Madrid : Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia de España, 1862.] -- La dicha de ser rico / por Enri Conscience ; traducida por la señorita Doña Joaquina Garcia Balmaseda. [Madrid : Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia de España, 1862.] -- Memorias de la juventud / por M. Enrique Couscience ; traducidas por D. José Lesen y Moreno. [Madrid : Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia de España, 1862.] -- Pedro Landais [[Madrid] : [Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia]c [1862]] -- El primer amor de un rey / por Julio Nombela. [Madrid : Imprenta y oficinas de la Correspondencia de España, 1864.]. |5 TXA |
| Physical Description: | 52 pages ; 23 cm. |