Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848-70 (2) : Papal States, Minor States & Volunteers, Paperback / softback Book

Armies of the Italian Wars of Unification 1848-70 (2) : Papal States, Minor States & Volunteers Paperback / softback

Illustrated by Giuseppe (Illustrator) Rava

Part of the Men-at-Arms series

Paperback / softback

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In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states. The North was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the South by the Spanish-descended monarchy of the Two Sicilies.

Over the next two decades, after wars led by Savoy/Piedmont and volunteers such as Garibaldi, an independent Kingdom of Italy emerged.

These conflicts saw foreign interventions and shifting alliances among minor states, and attracted a variety of local and foreign volunteers. This second volume in a two part series covers the armies of the Papal States; the duchies of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena; the republics of Rome and San Marco (Venice) and the transitional Kingdom of Sicily; and the various volunteer movements.

These varied armies and militias wore a wide variety of highly colourful uniforms which are brought to life in stunning, specially commissioned, full colour artwork from Giuseppe Rava.

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