{"product_id":"the-gadfly","title":"The Gadfly","description":"\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"hpa3bg-dds10n-v2vnjz-kx3rbs\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"9492095750\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eReligion, love and revolution collide in this swashbuckling saga of Risorgimento Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Italy during the Risorgimento, The Gadfly is a thrilling tale of betrayal and revolution. It follows the adventures and misadventures of a mysterious satirist, a hardworking lady radical and a Catholic cardinal with a dark secret. Published in 1897 by Irish writer Ethel Lilian Voynich (or ELV, as she preferred to be known), The Gadfly sold millions of copies in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, though it has been largely forgotten in the English-speaking world—until now. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll smuggle guns over the border and, if you're anything like the Gadfly, you'll do it all with incomparable style. Mandylion Press' second run of The Gadfly includes a new preface by Mandylion cofounder Madeline Porsella and a visual glossary illustrating the world of the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthel Lilian (Boole) Voynich (1864–1960) was born in Cork, Ireland, and raised in Lancashire, England. Her peripatetic adult life was defined by passions for music and leftist politics. In 1902, she married Wilifrid Michael Voynich, a Polish revolutionary and antiquarian book dealer. She spent her final decades in New York City, where she worked in a music school and as a translator of Russian, Polish and French texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eMandylion Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b3b3b3;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mandylion Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081778643179,"sku":"9798988606147","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/1061\/files\/the-gadfly-15.jpg?v=1763498758","url":"https:\/\/store.hammer.ucla.edu\/products\/the-gadfly","provider":"Hammer Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}