Ernesto Pozzi

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Ernesto Pozzi

1843–1904

A Garibaldian volunteer, lawyer, and public figure, he wrote with the urgency of someone who had lived through Italy’s wars of independence. His work blends firsthand memory, politics, and patriotic storytelling.

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Mentana e il dito di Dio Episodi narrati dal superstite Ettore Pozzi - Seconda edizione, con importanti aggiunte fatte dall'Autore

Mentana e il dito di Dio Episodi narrati dal superstite Ettore Pozzi - Seconda edizione, con importanti aggiunte fatte dall'Autore

by Ernesto Pozzi

About the author

Born in Acquate, now part of Lecco, in 1843, Ernesto Pozzi took part in several major campaigns of the Italian Risorgimento as a volunteer alongside Garibaldi. Sources describe him not only as a patriot but also as a lawyer and politician, showing how closely his writing grew out of public life as well as military experience.

That background gives his books a direct, eyewitness quality. He is especially associated with Mentana e il dito di Dio, a work tied to the 1867 campaign around Mentana, and his surviving publications suggest a writer interested in history, memory, and the moral meaning of national struggle.

Pozzi died in 1904. Though he is not among the best-known literary names of his period, his work offers a vivid window into the ideals, conflicts, and personal voices of nineteenth-century Italy.