Giuseppe Garibaldi

LV 's father, James White , was a silk merchant during her childhood and adolescence. His career forced him to move to China in 1841, and his family followed shortly afterwards without the five- or...

A chivalric romance in verse, the work tells the tale of Queen Isabel , her husband King John and the Plantangenet struggle. During the poem's narrative, Isabel makes the mistake of marrying John but manages...

After moving to a village called Gargilesse, GS continued to write prolifically, producing between 1857 and 1862 thirteen novels, three plays, a biography of Garibaldi , and an introduction to a history of the Commedia dell'Arte .

This novel is set in the Rome of Garibaldi and Pius IX , during Italy's revolutionary era. The protagonist is a young opera singer drawn into politics. The Feminist Companion says the novel is notable...

ER and her husband, Sir Charles Eastlake , attended Gladstone 's party for the Italian patriot Garibaldi , who was visiting England.

FMP published in the Cornhill Magazine reminiscences of her uncle Colonel John Whitehead Peard and of Garibaldi , with whose forces Colonel Peard had fought in Italy.

FMP 's uncle Colonel John Whitehead Peard was a barrister who gave up the law to fight with Garibaldi 's forces in the campaign for Italian unification. In 1869 he was Sheriff of Cornwall.

FMP 's acquaintance with Charlotte Yonge began in connection with her writing for Yonge's Monthly Paper of Sunday Teaching a paper on the Jewish Sects (Old Testament, no doubt), which Yonge intended to publish...

By 1858 she was in correspondence with Harriet Martineau . She also knew John Stuart Mill , Giuseppe Garibaldi , James Clark , Edwin Chadwick , William Rathbone , Julia Wedgwood , Elizabeth Barrett Browning

She worked as a field nurse for Garibaldi 's Redshirts during several campaigns. During the Sicilian campaign, she, Alberto , and Garibaldi travelled the countryside to inspect local prisons and hospitals. Alberto was given the...

Though only twenty-eight, JWM acted as field hospital director at Caserta and Santa Maria during Garibaldi's Neapolitan campaign, often working under horrid conditions. In honour of her dedication, she was presented with a gold medal...

To get to France she travelled by train, both miliary and civilian, as well as dog-cart. This was to be her last rush into battle. Although present primarily as a reporter, she also attended to...

JWM 's husband was against Garibaldi 's offer of support for France in its war against Prussia, largely because France had occupied parts of Italy. This time he refused to join Jessie when she travelled into battle.

While studying at the Sorbonne , Jessie White (later JWM ) travelled with friends to Italy, where she met Garibaldi .

After the end of the Italian Risorgimento, JWM and her circle scorned the newly-established Italian royal family. They were dissatisfied with the regime established by Garibaldi , and hoped to see the establishment of a republic.