Sicily an island at the crossroads of history
"'Sicily, ' said Goethe, 'is the key to everything.' The birthplace of Archimedes, Georgio de Chirico, and Muhammad al-Idrisi, it is the largest island in the Mediterranean. The stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, the link bet...
| Main Author: | Norwich, John Julius, 1929- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
2015.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Greeks
- 2. Carthaginians
- 3. Romans, Barbarians, Byzantines, Arabs
- 4. Normans
- 5. The End of the Kingdom
- 6. Stupor Mundi
- 7. The Vespers
- 8. The Domination of Spain
- 9. Piracy and Revolution
- 10. The Coming of the Bourbons
- 11. Napoleon, Nelson and the Hamiltons
- 12. Joseph and Joachim
- 13. The End of the Murats
- 14. The Carbonari and the Quarantotto
- 15. Risorgimento
- 16. The Mafia and Mussolini
- 17. The Second World War
- Epilogue.