[lit-ideas] Giuseppe and all the Garibaldis
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:13:20 -0400 (EDT)
We were 'discussing', elsewhere, with D. Ritchie, about 'them', in "them"
(Brits) and their support for Garibaldi, whom Queen Victoria kept regarding
as a 'revolutionist'. Interesting chapter of the history of Italy. The ONLY
interesting chapter, some would say. My favourite bit, when somewhere in
the middle of nowhere in the "Riviera di Levante", almost, Quarto (just
before Quinto) he sailed in two stolen ships with 'the thousand', arriving in
Sicily a week later. Garibaldi was christened Joseph-Marie, in Nizza, which
was then part of France (as it is now). He thought he was (and he was)
Ligurian. Father from "Valle di Garibaldo", so-called, also in the Riviera di
Levante. The Brits were of course involved, and provided with turtle-soup,
sandwiches, and tea, when he visited London in 1864. What a man! The idea of
the redcoat was originally Argentinian (rather than Coco Chanel's).
Cheers. Speranza
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