Colquhoun, Archibald

Overview

Works:	120 works in 386 publications in 3 languages and 9,348 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction History Historical fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Bildungsromans Picaresque fiction Short stories War fiction Science fiction Detective and mystery fiction
Roles:	Translator, Author, Editor, Contributor, tra, Other, Compiler, Creator
Classifications:	PQ4843.O53, 853.914

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Archibald Colquhoun

Information for Henry Glassford of Dugaldston, Esq., late Lord Rector of the College and University of Glasgow ; the Right Hon. Archibald Colquhoun of Killermont and clathic, present Lord Rector of the said College and University of Glasgow ; Dr. Duncan Macfarlane, Dean of Faculty ; Dr. William Taylor, principal, and others : against Lockhart Muirhead, M.A., and officers of State by David Douglas( Book )
Harold Acton papers by Harold Acton( )
Water colours of southern Italy by Archibald Colquhoun : March 2nd and following weeks by Archibald Colquhoun( Book )

Most widely held works by Archibald Colquhoun

The leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa( Book )

71 editions published between 1960 and 2018 in English and French and held by 2,847 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in the 1860s, a story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution

Difficult loves by Italo Calvino( Book )

6 editions published between 1984 and 2017 in English and held by 968 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Intricate interior lives are brilliantly explored in these short stories, now presented in one definitive collection as Calvino intended them. In Difficult Loves, Italy's master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love--including self-love--are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady's bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Each of them discovers hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. This is the first edition in English to present the collection as Calvino originally envisioned it, and includes two stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein"--

Manzoni and his times : a biography of the author of The betrothed (I promessi sposi) by Archibald Colquhoun( Book )

28 editions published between 1945 and 1990 in English and held by 566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A life by Italo Svevo( Book )

12 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 548 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Life is the gruelling tale of the frustrated existence of a bank clerk with a poetic soul. The artistic aspirations of the protagonist and the emptiness of his daily life become tragic in the great divide between what he wants and what he actually has and gets. Alfonso the bank clerk wants to be a poet and seems to be falling in love with Annetta, the vain and arrogant daughter of his boss. But the emptiness of both his attempts at writing and at love lead to an ironic and painful conclusion

The betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni( Book )

30 editions published between 1947 and 2015 in English and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Renzo and Lucia fly from the villainous Don Rodrigo and are separated. Their flight takes them out of their peaceful village life into turbulent history; violent bread riots in Milan, the ravages of the 30 years war, famine, and finally the plague, with all its attendant horrors

The betrothed, "I promessi sposi" : a tale of XVII century Milan by Alessandro Manzoni( Book )

5 editions published between 1956 and 1965 in English and held by 466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, The Betrothed tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Forced to flee, they are then cruelly separated, and must face many dangers including plague, famine and imprisonment, and confront a variety of strange characters the mysterious Nun of Monza, the fiery Father Cristoforo and the sinister 'Unnamed' in their struggle to be reunited. A vigorous portrayal of enduring passion, The Betrothed's exploration of love, power and faith presents a whirling panorama of seventeenth-century Italian life and is one of the greatest European historical novels

The path to the nest of spiders by Italo Calvino( Book )

14 editions published between 1947 and 2013 in English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pin, a young cobbler's apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II, becomes involved with a band of partisans after a mishap with a Nazi soldier

Italian regional tales of the nineteenth century by Archibald Colquhoun( Book )

3 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The siren and selected writings by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa( Book )

6 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Although best known as author of a singular masterpiece, "The Leopard", the Prince of Lampedusa left a rich and varied oeuvre that repays a careful reading. This title collects some of the best and most representative of his works

The baron in the trees by Italo Calvino( Book )

7 editions published between 1959 and 2014 in English and Spanish and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Cosimo, a young Italian nobleman of the eighteenth century, rebels against parental authority by climbing into the trees and remaining there for the rest of his life. He adapts efficiently to an arboreal existence --hunts, sows crops, plays games with earth bound friends, fights forest fires, solves engineering problems, and even manages to have love affairs. from his perch in the trees, Cosimo sees the age of Voltaire pass by and a new century dawn." En la cubierta

The day of the owl by Leonardo Sciascia( Book )

5 editions published between 1963 and 2013 in English and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself up against an apparently unbreachable wall of silence. A surprise turn puts him on the track of a series of nasty crimes. But all the while Bellodi's investigation is being carefully monitored by a host of observers, near and far. They share a single concern: to keep the truth from coming out"--Publisher's description

The Lost legions; three Italian war novels( Book )

4 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The nonexistent knight & the cloven viscount by Italo Calvino( Book )

3 editions published between 1962 and 1977 in English and held by 242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Two novellas: the first, a parody of medieval knighthood told by a nun; the second, a fantasy about a nobleman bisected into his good and evil halves. Bravura pieces... executed with brilliance and brio."--Goodreads

The Capri letters : (a novel) by Mario Soldati( Book )

3 editions published between 1955 and 1956 in English and held by 214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Winner of the 1954 Strega prize, Letters from Capri is perhaps the most problematic and multifaceted novel by Mario Soldati, the one that marks his arrival at full narrative maturity. Rich in nuances and implications, it focuses on an intricate story of love and jealousy, of double truths and betrayals, of ambiguities and fictions that mix in the daily lives of..."--Goodreads

The real Silvestri by Mario Soldati( Book )

1 edition published in 1961 in English and held by 188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The viceroys by Federico De Roberto( Book )

5 editions published between 1962 and 2016 in English and held by 164 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Viceroys was originally published in Italy in 1894, but didn't appear in English until 1962, 35 years after de Roberto's death. It also offers some fascinating bits of Italian history as it tells the tale of three generations of amoral Sicilian aristocrats, rapaciopus, ruthless, and intriguing, who struggle to retain their power in the changing world beyond their palace

Two stories and a memory by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa( Book )

14 editions published between 1961 and 2012 in English and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The cloven viscount by Italo Calvino( Book )

5 editions published between 2012 and 2017 in English and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures. In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of Terralba is bissected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half of him returns to his feudal estate and takes up a lavishly evil life. Soon the other, virtuous half appears. The two halves become rivals for the love of the same woman, fight a bloody duel, and achieve a miraculous resolution. Now available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning"--

The new line by Mario Pomilio( Book )

2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The reactions in a provincial Italian town robbed of self-government for years, when freedom is suddenly proclaimed. A short political fable

The Sergeant in the snow by Mario Rigoni Stern( Book )

4 editions published between 1953 and 1998 in English and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Mario Rigoni Stern was barely twenty-one - and already a battle veteran - at the time of the hallucinatory World War II disaster searchingly described in this book. In July 1942, the Italian forces in Russia totaled 230,000 men. They included three divisions of Alpini troops, specially trained for winter warfare; the author of this book belonged to one of these, the Tridentina. In December, the troops began retreating, entirely on foot, with no supplies, at a temperature of 30-40 degrees below zero. Many of the troops, overcome by exhaustion, broke away from the column; others were cut off and captured by the Russians, others lost in the steppes. In the end, about 90,000 were missing or dead, about 45,000 frostbitten and wounded." "This narrative, together with his novel The Story of Tonle and several other works, paints a broad fresco of Italy's history in this century, chronicling social and political change so radical and profound that it has touched even those in such secluded provincial communities as that which Rigoni Stern has so masterfully described."--BOOK JACKET