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Ernesto Pozzi
1843–1904
A soldier, lawyer, and public figure of Italy’s Risorgimento, he wrote with the urgency of someone who had lived the struggle himself. His work blends firsthand memory, political conviction, and a strong sense of patriotism.
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About the author
Born in Acquate, now part of Lecco, on July 9, 1843, Ernesto Pozzi was an Italian patriot, lawyer, and politician closely tied to the campaigns of national unification. Sources agree that he fought as a Garibaldian volunteer in several major conflicts, including the Expedition of the Thousand, the Third Italian War of Independence, the campaign for the liberation of Rome, and the Franco-Prussian War.
Pozzi also became known as a writer whose books drew directly on those experiences. His best-known work, Mentana e il dito di Dio, is a vivid historical memoir centered on the Battle of Mentana and the people who took part in it, giving his writing the immediacy of eyewitness testimony rather than distant reflection.
Beyond literature, his life moved between public action and public service: he practiced law and took part in political life, making him one of those nineteenth-century authors whose writing cannot be separated from the causes they served. He died in 1904.