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The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa is a historical novel set during the Italian unification or Risorgimento, focusing on the fictional royal House of Salina's political and social struggles, primarily through Prince Fabrizio di Salina's attempts to maintain his family's influence. As Italian forces unify the peninsula, resulting events lead to changes in family dynamics and romantic entanglements, culminating in Fabrizio's existential crisis.