Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga

He had finished his education at the University Of Parma , when the French Revolution of 1830 caused a ferment in Italy. He sympathized with the movement, and within a few months was successively a conspirator, a state prisoner, a combatant and a fugitive. For the next five years he lived a wandering life in France, Spain and Africa . In August 1836 he embarked for New York , and three years later he proceeded to England , where he supported himself as a translator and teacher of languages.

His first book, ''Italy: General Views of its History and Literature'', which appeared in 1841, was well received, but was not successful financially. On the outbreak of the Italian Revolution in 1848 he at once put himself in communication with the insurgents. He filled the post of '' Chargé D'affaires '' for Piedmont at Frankfurt in 1848-1849, and for the next few years he travelled incessantly between Italy and England, working for the liberation of his country.

In 1854, through Cavour 's influence, he was elected a deputy to the Italian Parliament . He retained his seat until 1864, passing the summer in England and fulfilling his parliamentary duties at Turin in the winter. On the outbreak of the Austro-Sardinian War of 1859, he proceeded to Lombardy as War Correspondent of '' The Times ''. The campaign was so brief that the fighting was over before he arrived, but his connection with ''The Times'' endured for twenty years. He was a forcible and picturesque writer, with a remarkable command of the English Language . He materially helped to establish that friendly feeling towards Italy which became traditional in England.

In 1859 Gallenga purchased the Falls, at Llandogo on the Wye , as a residence, and to there he retired in 1885. He died at this house on December 17, 1895. He was twice married,

Among his chief works are an ''Historical Memoir of Frá Dolcino and his Times'' (1853); a ''History of Piedmont'' (3 vols., 1855; Italian translation, 1856); ''Country Life in Piedmont'' (1858); ''The Invasion of Denmark'' (2 vols., 1864); ''The Pearl of the Antilles in Cuba '' (1873); 'Italy Revisited'' (2 vols., 1875); ''Two Years of the Eastern Question '' (2 vols., 1877); ''The Pope'' IX ''and the King'' Emmanuel (2 vols., 1879); ''South America'' (1880); ''A Summer Tour in Russia'' (1882); ''Iberian Reminiscences'' (2 vols., 1883); ''Episodes of my Second Life'' (1884); ''Italy, Present and Future'' (2 vols, 1887). Gallenga's earlier publications appeared under the pseudonym of Luigi-Mariott.

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