I Promessi Sposi The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni The Betrothed (Italian: I Promessi Sposi ) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes.
Set in northern Italy in 1628, during the oppressive years of direct Spanish rule, it is sometimes seen as a veiled attack on the Austrian Empire, which controlled the region at the ti.
It has been called the most famous and widely read novel of the Italian language.
I Promessi Sposi The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni The Betrothed (Italian: I Promessi Sposi ) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in three volumes