Anton Giulio Barrili (14 December 1836 – 14 August 1908), Italian

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, was born at Savona, and was educated for the legal profession, which he abandoned for

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. He was a volunteer in the campaign of 1859 and served with Garibaldi in 1866 and 1867. From 1865 onwards he published a large number of books of fiction, which had wide popularity, his work being commonly compared with that of

Victor Cherbuliez Charles Victor Cherbuliez (; 19 July 1829 – 1 or 2 July 1899)Victor Cherbuliez
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. He died in 1908.

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* * * 1836 births 1908 deaths Italian politicians University of Genoa faculty 19th-century Italian novelists 19th-century male writers {{Italy-writer-stub