Sir William Hamilton personified the age of the Enlightenment - a collector and connoisseur, amateur scientist and archaeologist, vulcanologist, anthropologist and a gentleman of taste and intellectual curiosity. This book offers a portrait of this complex and sophisticated figure and brings a period of history to life.
John A.Davis is Emiliana Pasca Noether Chair in Modern Italian History at the University of Connecticut and Editor of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies. His most recent book, Naples and Napoleon: Southern Italy and the European Revolutions 1780-1860, was published in 2006. His previous publications include Gramsci and Italy's Passive Revolution; Conflict and Control: Law and Order in 19th Century Italy; and Merchants, Monopolists and Contractors: Economy and Society in Bourbon Naples 1815-60. Giovanni Capuano is a teacher and translator. His previous publications include Naples and its Environs and William Hamilton e la Rivoluzione Napoletana del 1799.
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