Sicily: A Short History, from the Greeks to Cosa Nostra by John Julius Norwich

Sicily: A Short History, from the Greeks to Cosa Nostra

John Julius Norwich

366 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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His first visit to Sicily in 1961 inspired John Julius Norwich to become a writer. His vivid short history of the island covers everything from erupting volcanoes to the assassination of Byzantine emperors, from Nelson’s affair with Emma Hamilton ...

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