IV. In Napoleonic Italy (1802-1814)

• A period of intense creativity
• Serving in the Italian Division in France
• A Constant Journey: Venice, Milan, Brescia
• Professor of Eloquence at Pavia University
• Political Battles and Literary Polemics in Milan
• The stay in Tuscany and the writing of Le Grazie
• New political and military initiatives
• The Austrians in Milan