The service of a World War I brigade from this region was depicted in the novel One Year on the High Plateau. A nationalist from this region died on hunger strike after attempting to establish the Republic of Malu Entu. Echoing a medieval revolt elsewhere, a rebellion in this region used the word “chickpea” as a shibboleth. This region’s Stamenti parliament was marginalized after the Perfect Fusion created a unitary kingdom. This island was part of a kingdom governed by the Statuto Albertino, whose prime minister resigned in protest of the Armistice of Villafranca. The Count of Cavour served this island’s king Victor Emmanuel II, in whose name Giuseppe Garibaldi conquered Sicily. For 10 points, the Kingdom of Italy emerged from a kingdom named for Piedmont and what island? ■END■
ANSWER: Sardinia [or Sardegna; or Sardigna]
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