The Companion Guide to Sicily

by Raleigh Trevelyan

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900639440
• ISBN13: 9781900639446
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Companion Guides
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.9" x 4.3"