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Pellico, Silvio
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Italian poet and patriot, born in Piedmont; suffered a fifteen years' imprisonment in the Spielberg at Brünn for his patriotism, from which he was liberated in 1830; he wrote an account of his life in prison, which commanded attention all over Europe, both for the subject-matter of it and the fascination of the style (1789-1854).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pellico, Silvio'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pellico-silvio.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.