Despite his republican leanings, he was spared retribution by the administration of the returning Grand Duke Ferdinand III, and obtained a post as Palatine librarian.

In the post-Napoleonic years, controversy arose about the Accademia della Crusca's dominance in defining the Italian language.

His next play (1831) based on the controversial history of Giovanni da Procida, seen in this work as a defender of Italian liberty, faced opposition by both the French and Austrian diplomats.

[4] In 1847, he published Filippo Strozzi, in which the Florentine hero fights against foreign forces for the liberty of his Tuscany.

The work evoked the patriotism of those seeking to free Italy from the control of foreign and papal forces.