This miniseries, set between 1860 and 1861, follows a short period in the life of the famous and beloved Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882).

General Giuseppe ("Peppino") Garibaldi of Manhattan and Connecticut is the grandson and namesake ofItaly's late great Liberator and no mean soldier in his own right. In 1897, aged 17, ...

Italy, in the second half of the 19th century, is on the brink of binding together its disparate nations, under the stewardship of General Garibaldi.

When General Giuseppe Garibaldi arrived in Southampton aboard the Peninsular and Orient steamship Ripon on April 3, 1864, he can have had little idea of the tumultuous welcome that awaited him.

The caption to the picture read, Tree Planted by General Garibaldi.' Below was the following text: Cyprus Deodara planted by General Garibaldi 12th Day of April 1864 at 4 o'clock.' ...