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The Slaughterhouse Reds – A Review of ‘Garibaldi in South America’ Book
I have recently completed reading a new publication on Giuseppe Garibaldi, entitled Garibaldi in South America – An Exploration. While it was a book I certainly had a desire to read there was part of me that felt it was necessary to. At Forest, and certainly those of us that count ourselves as part of […]
Garibaldi in South America – An Exploration
When 15 pioneers met in 1865 at the Clinton Arms to found Nottingham Forest they were inspired by Giuseppe Garibaldi, the revolutionary Italian nationalist. Only the year before he had visited London, invited by Lord Palmerston, the Prime Minister who admired him. In 1860 he achieved worldwide renown with The Thousand Redshirts, liberating Sicily and […]