Margherita Pusterla

Margherita Pusterla
Frontispiece of 1890 edition
AuthorCesare Cantù
LanguageItalian
GenreHistorical novel
Set inLombardy, 1340-41
Publication date
1838
Publication placeLombardy–Venetia

Margherita Pusterla is an Italian historical novel by Cesare Cantù, first published in 1838. It is set in the Duchy of Milan in the fourteenth century. For many years it was the most popular novel in Italy after Alessandro Manzoni's masterpiece, The Betrothed.