Sicily

Three Thousand Years of Human History

Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Italy, History
Cover of the book Sicily by Sandra Benjamin, Steerforth Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sandra Benjamin ISBN: 9781586421816
Publisher: Steerforth Press Publication: April 20, 2010
Imprint: Steerforth Language: English
Author: Sandra Benjamin
ISBN: 9781586421816
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication: April 20, 2010
Imprint: Steerforth
Language: English

Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily’s fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily’s rulers, along with Jews, Ligurians, and Albanians. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy and the modern era have all held sway, and left lasting influences on the island’s culture and architecture. Sicily’s character has also been determined by what passed it by: events that affected Europe generally, namely the Crusades and Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, remarkably had little influence on Italy’s most famous island. Maps, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, a glossary, pronunciation keys, and much more make this unique book as essential as it is enjoyable.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily’s fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily’s rulers, along with Jews, Ligurians, and Albanians. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy and the modern era have all held sway, and left lasting influences on the island’s culture and architecture. Sicily’s character has also been determined by what passed it by: events that affected Europe generally, namely the Crusades and Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, remarkably had little influence on Italy’s most famous island. Maps, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, a glossary, pronunciation keys, and much more make this unique book as essential as it is enjoyable.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

More books from Steerforth Press

Cover of the book Horsemen of the Sands by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Life in a Bustle by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Stammered Songbook by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book The End of the Moment We Had by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Minik: The New York Eskimo by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Broken Mirrors by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book The French Father by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book The Bottom of the Jar by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Father, Soldier, Son by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book League of Spies by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Journal of an Ordinary Grief by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Fists by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Will Starling by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book The Wicked Pavilion by Sandra Benjamin
Cover of the book Diaries of Exile by Sandra Benjamin
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy