Guerrazzi

Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico (1804-73), Tuscan patriotic writer, was born at Leghorn. When the Grand Duke fled from Tuscany in 1849, he, then a Minister, became a member of the provisional government, of which he held the almost absolute direction until the return of the prince.

He was now imprisoned for three years on a charge of conniving at the revolution, although he had done his best to preserve the csontinuity of government, and was afterwards to be sent to the galleys for life. The sentence was changed to one of banishment, but after a few years Guerrazzi returned from Corsica and sat in the parliament at Turin. Chief among his works were his Apologia (1857), and the historical novels La Battaglia di Benevento (1827) and L'Assedio di Firenze (1836).