{"product_id":"the-mill-on-the-po-misery-book-two","title":"The Mill on the Po: Misery (Book Two)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Riccardo Bacchelli\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mill on the Po: Misery\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.\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\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the years 1848 to 1872, follows Giuseppe, the miller’s son, as he makes a remarkably successful career of smuggling, leaving the management of Saint Michael’s Mill to his wife, Cecilia. Yet for all Giuseppe’s schemes and successes, a torrent of tribulation threatens to sweep away all that the Scacerni family has built. Expanding the Scacerni story into its next generation, \u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e deftly continues 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 312pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826146\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100031115631,"sku":"978-1952826146","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Productsresize_70.jpg?v=1781124637","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-mill-on-the-po-misery-book-two","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}