Michelangelo Castelli Michelangelo Castelli Michelangelo Castelli (4 December 1808 - 20 August 1875) was an Italian politician and writer. Born in Racconigi into a wealthy family of Jacobin ideas, Castelli studied Law at the University of Turin, graduating in July 1835. In October of the same year he was elected, just 27 years old, Mayor of Racconigi, a position he held until 1837. From 1847 collaborated with the Turin-based newspaper "Il Risorgimento", working in the political section alongside Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, the director of the newspaper. Friend and confidant of Cavour, Castelli was elected for the first time Member of
What I Was What I Was What I Was is Meg Rosoff's third novel for young adults. The book was published in 2007, and was shortlisted for both the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. "What I Was" tells the story of a secret friendship between two teenagers, one an unhappy public schoolboy and the other living an independent and isolated life on the beach near the school. It is set on the East Anglian coast in 1962. The book is framed as the reminiscence of an old man recalling the year he discovered love. It is written as a first-person