Sicily and the Enlightenment: The World of Domenico Caracciolo, Thinker and Reformer

by Angus Campbell

Book Overview

Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the 18th-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies. He was an inveterate letter-writer and his huge correspondence, with his diplomatic despatches and other official writing, is a unique original source, providing a detailed and vivid picture of the 18th-century European elite with all its extravagance and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350241660
• ISBN13: 9781350241664
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"