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Companion Guide to Sicily

By Raleigh Trevelyan

Companion Guide to Sicily Leisure, Home & Garden

Companion Guide to Sicily

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This vivid, knowledgeable and privileged guide to the riches of Sicily is vintage Companion Guide. The beautiful island of Sicily, poised between Europe and Africa, has seen many invaders, nearly all of whom have left their mark in art and architecture. It is also a land of myth and enigma, pagan below the Catholic surface, troubled by the shadow of the Mafia - in the words of the great Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia, a fantasy world. Raleigh Trevelyan knows the island intimately, and his knowledge adds immeasurably to the experience of visiting the great sites: Segesta, Agrigento and the mosaics of the Roman villa near Piazza Armerina, Palermo and Monreale, the theatre at Syracuse and the baroque marvels of Noto. Unforgettable though these are, Sicily's unique character is more fully revealed as the author makes his leisurely way from province to province, describing the landscape and monuments, great treasures and remote villages, and spicing these discoveries with personal anecdote and references from writers down the centuries. RALEIGH TREVELYAN's books include several on Italian themes, notably Princes under the Volcano and two outstanding books about the Second World War in Italy: The Fortress: A Diary of Anzio and After and Rome 1944: The Battle for the Eternal City.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
626
Release Date:
2009-03-19
Publication Date:
2009-03-01
Publisher:
Companion Guides
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1900639440
ISBN13:
9781900639446
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
494 g
Height:
108 cm
Width:
178 cm
Thickness:
33 cm
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