The Kingdom of Sicily 1130-1860

Covering seven eventful centuries, this is the first complete history of the Kingdom of Sicily ever published.The lively narrative traces the history of Sicily from the foundation of its multicultural kingdom under the Normans in the twelfth century to the end of its baroque monarchy in the nineteenth, with framing chapters covering the periods before and afterward. Here, in a text dripping with eloquence, passion and fact after fact, a leading historian tells the complex yet fascinating story o