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Valperga, Paperback by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft; Sir Angels (COR), Like N.... Valperga, Paperback by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft; Sir Angels (COR), ISBN 1543294782, ISBN-13 9781543294781, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Valperga is a historical novel which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered Florence. In the novel, his armies threaten the fictional fortress of Valperga, governed by Countess Euthanasia, the woman he loves. He forces her to choose between her feelings for him and political liberty. She chooses the latter and sails off to her death. Valperga, Paperback by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft; Sir Angels (COR), ISBN 1543294782, ISBN-13 9781543294781, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Valperga is a historical novel which relates the adventures of the early fourteenth-century despot Castruccio Castracani, a real historical figure who became the lord of Lucca and conquered Florence. In the novel, his armies threaten the fictional fortress of Valperga, governed by Countess Euthanasia, the woman he loves. He forces her to choose between her feelings for him and political liberty. She chooses the latter and sails off to her death.