The Sieges of Mantua, 1796–1799
by
Phillip R. Cuccia
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
In the center of Mantua, in northern Italy, a covered bridge stretches over the narrow Rio where vendors sell fish from pushcarts just as locals did more than two hundred years ago when Napoleon Bonaparte laid siege to the city. Four cannon balls protruding out of an adjacent wall offer a tacit monument...