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"Sicily," said Goethe, "is the main element to everything." It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the hyperlink between the Latin Western and the Greek East. Sicily's tactical location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings. The next struggles to overcome and keep it have played out crucial functions in the climb and street to redemption of the world's most effective dynasties. Yet Sicily has often been bit more when compared to a footnote in books about other empires. Here is a stunning, erudite chronicle of island and the exceptional kings, queens, and tyrants who fought to rule it. From its origins as a Greek city-state to its emergence as a multicultural trading hub during the Crusades, from the rebellion against Italian unification to the climb of the Mafia, the storyplot of Sicily is rich with extraordinary moments and dramatic character types. Writing with his customary deftness and humor, John Julius Norwich outlines the surprising effect Sicily has already established on world history and tells the storyplot of 1 of the world's most kaleidoscopic cultures in a galvanizing, modern-day way.
