Villa Glori - Ricordi ed aneddoti dell'autunno 1867

The narrator recounts his firsthand memories of the 1867 Garibaldi expedition in the Roman countryside, portraying the improvised, multilingual band of volunteers, their ragged equipment, marches, skirmishes and the chaotic preparations that preceded the fatal action at Villa Glori where Enrico Cairoli and his small band fell. He describes his own wound and long convalescence in Roman hospitals, the hospital and prison notes appended by Giovanni Cairoli, and numerous everyday anecdotes and sketches of conspirators, clerical visitors, and camp life that emphasize youthful enthusiasm, disillusionment, and the plain truth of sacrifice without rhetorical embellishment.