Turn to us, speak to us, Italy, mother, but once and a word. None shall not follow thee, none shall not serve thee, not one that has heard;
Twice hast thou spoken a message, and time is athirst for the third
A study of how English feeling and opinion was affected by the unification of Italy in May 1871 Written by WILLIAM ALLAN
Since the days of the Grand Tour Italy has been the home from home for English writers, artists and travellers.
The effect of Mazzini and Garibaldi and their fight against Austrian rule on literary intellectuals in Victorian times was comparable to that of Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara in our own day. Swinburne, the Brownings, even Carlyle saw the rebirth of Italy and the Risorgimento as the dawn of hope for a divided Europe. Narrator Anthony Jacobs Also taking part
BLAIN FAIRMAN , GARARD GREEN STEPHEN THORNE , EVA STUART JOHN RYE. JEFFERY SEGAL FREDERICK TREVES and LEWIS STRINGER
Produced by MAURICE LEITCH