The Hero's Way by Tim Parks

Author:Tim Parks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2021-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

DAY 15

19–20 July 1849 – 8 August 2019

Chianciano Terme, Montepulciano – 6 miles

Montepulciano

It’s only six miles from Chianciano to Montepulciano, so we were able to enjoy a proper breakfast in the Hotel Bosco while Garibaldi was on the march from Cetona. We will catch him before lunch at the monastery where he spent the night, two miles from Montepulciano, then enter the city together. Meantime, while a group of elderly folk at the table beside ours are regretting their decision to spend their holidays in Chianciano, we have opened our computer to review the important documents of these make-or-break days.

18 July, General D’Aspre in Florence to Field Marshal Radetzky north of Milan

Siena [40 miles south of Florence] is threatened. The grand duke has begged me to defend it. I am sending Major General Stadion with three battalions and a squadron of hussars. If Garibaldi is allowed to become a real power in central Italy the consequences will be incalculable.

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