The Last Leopard | The Last Leopard

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Author: David Gilmour
First Published: 1988
Type of Work: Literary biography
Time of Work: 1896-1957
Setting: Sicily
Principal Characters: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Beatrice Mastrogiovanni Tasca E Filangeri di Cuto, Alessandra (“Licy”) Wolff Tomasi di Lampedusa, Lucio Piccolo, Gioacchino (“Gio”) Lanza Tomasi
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Tragedy, Italy or Italians, Psychotherapy or psychotherapists, Opera, operas, or operettas
Locales: Sicily, Italy

Imagine a childhood of fading privilege, an adulthood of shattered glory, and final years of almost-realized fame; this, in essence, was the tragedy of Sicily’s most brilliant author, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Prince of Lampedusa, Duke of Palma. He died in 1957, impoverished and almost unknown, immediately before publication of Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1957), which made him, posthumously, Sicily’s most famous twentieth century author. David Gilmour’s study The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa is a rich evocation of this brilliant man...

The Last Leopard | The Last Leopard

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