{"product_id":"italy-and-its-monarchy-9780300051322","title":"Italy and its Monarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the worlds leading historians of Italy  this provocative and highly readable book is the first major study of the Italian monarchy and its impact on Italys history  from Unification in 1861 to the foundation of the Italian republic after the Second World War.  \"Brilliant  . . . remarkable  . . . highly entertaining. . . . Only Mack Smith could have told what is finally so shabby a story with this combination of learning and bravura.\"Nicholas Richardson  Sunday Times  \"A brilliant narrative history of the political role of the kings of Italy. It is based on an immense range of sources.\"Philip Mansel  Daily Telegraph  \"Mack Smith is the leading writer in English on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian history. . . . He has now written a study of the Italian monarchy that subjects the four kings of united Italy to . . . a . . . debunking treatment. He shows how indispensable the monarchy was for the working of the Italian political system  but also how it was ultimately disastrous.\"James Joll  New York Review of Books  \"A welcome addition to libraries in the English-speaking world. . . . Denis Mack Smith shows masterful command of political and diplomatic sources and balanced historical judgment.\"Clara M. Lovett  American Historical Review  \"A book to be read and enjoyed. It is urbane and stylish.\"Richard Bosworth  International History Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646865891381,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300051328","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/italy-and-its-monarchy-9780300051322","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}