EDMONDO DE See also:

• EDMONDO DE AMICIS (1846-1908)

AMICIS (1846-1908)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Oneglia, in See also:

• LIGURIA

Liguria, on the 21st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1846 . After some schooling at See also:

• CUNEO (Fr. Coni)

Cuneo and See also:

• TURIN

Turin, he was sent to the Military School at See also:

• MODENA (ancient Mutina)

Modena, from which he was appointed to a lieutenancy in the 3rd See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of the See also:

• LINE

line in 1865 . He fought at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle o1 See also:

• CUSTOZZA

Custozza in 1866 . In 1867 he became director of the Italia From Braun, Liturgische Gewandung, by permission of the publisher, B . See also:

• HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744-1803)

Herder . Militare, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he published his first See also:

• BOOK

book, La Vita Militare, which consisted of sketches of military See also:

• LIFE

life, and attained wide popularity . After the overthrow of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope's temporal See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 1870, De See also:

• AMICIS, EDMONDO DE (1846-1908)

Amicis retired from the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and devoted himself to literature, making his headquarters at Turin . Always a traveller by inclination, he found opportunity for this in his new leisure, and some of his most popular books have been the product of his wanderings . Several of these have been translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English and the other See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . The most important of these are his descriptions of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain (1873), See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland (1894), See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople (1877) and See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco (1879) . These gained him a well-deserved reputation as a brilliant depicter of scenery and the See also:

• EXTERNAL

external aspects of life; solid See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information is not within their See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere; and much of their success is owing to the opportunities they afford for spirited See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration .

Subsequently De Amicis greatly extended his fame as a writer of fiction, especially by Il Romano d' un See also:

• MAESTRO

Maestro, and the widely read Il Cuore (translated into English as An Italian Schoolboy's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal); later volumes from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen being La Carozza di tutti (centring See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round an electric tram), Memorie, Speranze e glorie, Ricordi d' infanzia a di scuola, L' Idioma See also:

• GENTILE
• GENTILE, C

gentile, and a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stories, Nel Regno dell' Amore . He died suddenly of See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart disease at See also:

• BORDIGHERA

Bordighera on the 12th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1908 .