Francesco Melzi d’Eril: La grande occasione perduta

Although familiar to historians, Melzi is not widely known amongst the general public. This biography places him in the context of the long process of the Risorgimento, which began in the reformist milieux of the 18th century, which matured in the following decades, and which reached its final conclusion with the great events of 1848 and 1859. Melzi played a key role in this process. He is the missing link in the national history of Italy.

Nino Del Bianco is an independent scholar of the Napoleonic period. He is also the author of Il coraggio e la sorte. Gli italiani nell'epoca napoleonica (1997).