The Last Leopard

The Last Leopard

The Last Leopard
AuthorDavid Gilmour
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Genrebiography
PublisherQuartet Books
Publication date
1988
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages223
ISBN0704325640

The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa is a biography about the Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, written by the English historian David Gilmour.[1][2] It was published by Quartet Books in 1988.[3]

Herbert Mitgang of The New York Times called the book well-researched and fascinating. He wrote that its only flaw is that it "avoids any real critical judgment of Lampedusa's dilettantism, his approval of Mussolini's military adventures and his desire for a revival of the moribund Italian monarchy".[4] It received the 1989 Marsh Biography Award.[3]

References

  1. ^ Harris, Daniel (18 August 1991). "The Last of His Kind : The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, By David Gilmour (Pantheon Books: $22; 223 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ "The Last Leopard". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Marsh Biography Award". Marsh Charitable Trust. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ Mitgang, Herbert (21 August 1991). "Books of The Times; Dying World of the 'Last Leopard'". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.