The banks of Bormida in 1794

A fascinating historical fresco on the background of the Napoleonic war in the Piedmontese Langhe

The banks of the Bormida in 1794 "is a great historical fresco against the background of the Franco-Austrian war in the Langhe Pemontesi. It is the best known novel by the Ligurian writer Giuseppe Cesare Abba. A love story set at the time of the Napoleonic wars in the Bormida valley with real references and an interweaving of great charm. Balanced in its parts, well-sketched characters, talented narrator to involve the reader and make him change sympathies and feelings while reading. The Austrians and the French face each other a few kilometers from the Bormida Valley. revolutionaries and Jacobins would like to marry Bianca, but her father has already promised her in marriage to an Austrian baron present in the valley to help the Piedmontese. The boy's republican sympathies make him averse to the local clergy, except for a priest who helps, convincing Bianca to the marriage organized by her father. But the war is approaching. Giuseppe Cesare Abba (1838 - 1910) was Garibaldian officer and participated in the adventure of the Thousand from boarding in Quarto to the battle of Volturno. He wrote several books, including "Storia dei Mille", "Da Quarto al Volturno" which according to many is the best book of the time on the Italian Risorgimento. He also dedicated himself to historical novels, such as