{"product_id":"the-mill-on-the-po-god-save-you-book-one","title":"The Mill on the Po: God Save You (Book One)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Riccardo Bacchelli\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mill on the Po: God Save You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe Mill on the Po\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etrilogy tells of the birth of Italy as a nation; its central figures are Lazzaro Scacerni and his family, their mill on the river Po, and the river itself—stately, savage, source of both life and death. \u003ci\u003eGod Save You\u003c\/i\u003e begins in the convulsive final years of the Napoleonic Wars. For a solitary act of heroism, Lazzaro Scacerni receives a treasure of pillaged jewels and establishes Saint Michael’s Mill on the Po. In the subsequent years, he and his family fight forces both natural and social—floods and famine, smugglers and scoundrels—in a determined, at times heroic, battle for sustenance and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd so we arrive at the encouraging truth that quarrels and wars and all the most violent human passions, when there is good will on the part of God and man, actually contribute to the achievement of unity among men and the profit of civilization.\u003c\/em\u003e (Riccardo Bacchelli)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCaptivating from the first word to the last, \u003ci\u003eGod Save You\u003c\/i\u003e is an auspicious beginning to Bacchelli’s capacious and passionate masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Mill on the Po\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRiccardo Bacchelli\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1891–1985) was an Italian historian, literary critic, and novelist. Nominated eight times for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he achieved renown for his dedication to the Italian literary tradition and his ambitious and outstanding historical novels, foremost among which are \u003ci\u003eThe Mill on the Po\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Three Slaves of Julius Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826139\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100030230895,"sku":"978-1952826139","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Productsresize_69.jpg?v=1781124629","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-mill-on-the-po-god-save-you-book-one","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}