Her early death causes her lover to seek the perils of the battlefield in an attempt to distract his mind .
He is a man seeking Italian unification , she a daughter of the Neapolitan aristocracy , which is resisting this cause .
daughter 's early death causes her lover to seek the perils of the battlefield in an attempt to distract his mind .
He is a man seeking Italian unification , she a daughter of the Neapolitan aristocracy , which is resisting this cause .