Autobiography of Giuseppe Garibaldi (Vol. 3)

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Jessie White Mario, Alice Werner

• Publisher: Paeroa House
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781779797964
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Italian History

He fought with a sword in one hand and a dream in the other. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the legendary liberator of Italy, was not merely a soldier or a statesman. He was a force of nature, a man whose iron will and unshakeable belief in human freedom shaped the destiny of an entire nation. In this remarkable third volume of his autobiography, presented as a supplement to his full memoirs, readers are granted something extraordinarily rare: intimate access to the final chapters of a revolutionary life, told with the raw honesty and passionate conviction that made Garibaldi one of the most magnetic figures the nineteenth century ever produced. Translated and curated with scholarly care by Alice Werner and the celebrated journalist and activist Jessie White Mario, a woman who knew Garibaldi personally and fought alongside his cause, this volume stands as both historical document and deeply human testament. What unfolds across these pages is more than political history. It is the interior world of a man who sacrificed everything, exile, bloodshed, personal loss, and decades of relentless struggle, in pursuit of a unified and liberated Italy. Garibaldi writes with startling candour about his campaigns, his doubts, his triumphs, and the painful complexities of a life lived entirely in service to a cause larger than any single man. The atmosphere throughout is vivid and urgent, carrying the dust of battlefields and the salt air of a sailor who crossed oceans before he conquered kingdoms. Jessie White Mario's editorial contributions bring additional depth, offering context and personal recollection that illuminate Garibaldi the man as much as Garibaldi the legend. This volume matters profoundly for anyone drawn to the great upheavals of modern history, to questions of national identity, sacrifice, and the enduring power of idealism under fire. It speaks directly to readers who hunger for history told from the inside, not through the cold lens of academic distance but through the beating heart of a participant who believed, absolutely and without reservation, that freedom was worth every cost. Here is a book that reminds us what conviction looks like when it belongs to someone willing to live and die by it. It is essential reading for history enthusiasts, admirers of Italian unification, and anyone captivated by lives lived on an extraordinary scale.

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• EDITORIAL NOTE.
• TO THE READER.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI.
• I. — 1807-1834.
• II. — 1835-1847.
• III. — 1848-1849.
• IV. — 1849-1858.
• V. — 1859.
• VI. — 1860. — “VIVA LA TÀLIA, E GARIBARDI AMICU!”
• VII. — 1861.
• VIII. — 1862-1870.
• IX. — 1870-1871.
• X. — 1871-1882.