Book Details
Title: Sicily; An Island at the Crossroads of History
Author: John Julius Norwich
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2015
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 362
Dimensions: L24cm xW16.5cm x D3cm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 978-0-8129-9517-6
Battle Scars:
Outside:
Dust jacket is in good condition. Intact/whole, with no major rips. Some minor shelf wear to edges, ends of spine and corners - a couple wrinkles and some rubbing. Mild scuffing. The hardcover beneath is of good condition, clean with minimal wear and tear, apart from some crushing to the ends of the spine. At the top end of the spine there is also a small tear. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact. There is a ?name inscribed on the front end-page, but no other noted notations or inscriptions. Pages have a couple of marks here and there, but are generally clean and in good shape.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.
'Sicily', said Goethe, 'is the key to everything.' It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily's strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings. The subsequent struggles to conquer and keep it have played crucial roles in the rise and fall of the world's most powerful dynasties.
Yet Sicily has often been little more than a footnote in books about other empires. John Julius Norwich's engrossing narrative is the first to knit together all of the colourful strands of Sicilian history into a single comprehensive study. Here is a vivid, erudite, page turning chronicle of an island and the remarkable kings, queens and tyrants who fought to rule it. From its beginnings as a Greek city-state to its emergence as a multicultural trading hub during the Crusades, from the rebellion against Italian unification to the rise of the Mafia, the story of Sicily is rich with extraordinary moments and dramatic characters. Writing with his customary deftness and humour, Norwich outlines the surprising influence Sicily has had on world history - the Romans' fascination with Greek civilization dates back their sack of Sicily - and tells the story of one of the world's most kaleidoscopic cultures in a galvanising, contemporary way."
Book Details
Title: Sicily; An Island at the Crossroads of History
Author: John Julius Norwich
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2015
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 362
Dimensions: L24cm xW16.5cm x D3cm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 978-0-8129-9517-6
Battle Scars:
Outside:
Dust jacket is in good condition. Intact/whole, with no major rips. Some minor shelf wear to edges, ends of spine and corners - a couple wrinkles and some rubbing. Mild scuffing. The hardcover beneath is of good condition, clean with minimal wear and tear, apart from some crushing to the ends of the spine. At the top end of the spine there is also a small tear. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact. There is a ?name inscribed on the front end-page, but no other noted notations or inscriptions. Pages have a couple of marks here and there, but are generally clean and in good shape.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history.
'Sicily', said Goethe, 'is the key to everything.' It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily's strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings. The subsequent struggles to conquer and keep it have played crucial roles in the rise and fall of the world's most powerful dynasties.
Yet Sicily has often been little more than a footnote in books about other empires. John Julius Norwich's engrossing narrative is the first to knit together all of the colourful strands of Sicilian history into a single comprehensive study. Here is a vivid, erudite, page turning chronicle of an island and the remarkable kings, queens and tyrants who fought to rule it. From its beginnings as a Greek city-state to its emergence as a multicultural trading hub during the Crusades, from the rebellion against Italian unification to the rise of the Mafia, the story of Sicily is rich with extraordinary moments and dramatic characters. Writing with his customary deftness and humour, Norwich outlines the surprising influence Sicily has had on world history - the Romans' fascination with Greek civilization dates back their sack of Sicily - and tells the story of one of the world's most kaleidoscopic cultures in a galvanising, contemporary way."
