by Laura Mancinelli · Einaudi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806166403
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«Il principe scalzo» is the historical novel by Laura Mancinelli, published by Einaudi in 2003 in paperback (138 pages, in Italian).
A young prince and an old abbot read the Song of Songs and dream of Lebanon. Destined to become Henry IV, the emperor suffers an imposed marriage, humiliation before Pope Gregory VII, and a hypocritical court; he longs for love and innocence. Mancinelli imagines Matilda of Canossa as an enigmatic love, perhaps the only true one.
The title belongs to the Einaudi tascabili collection, where it bears number 1107. The original publication is from 2003.
A read for those interested in historical fiction, the Middle Ages, and characters marked by power and solitude.
Laura Mancinelli was an Italian writer, Germanist, medievalist and university professor.
