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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vig�ata in the nineteenth century for a rip-roaring comic novel. 1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vig�ata's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the Kingdom of Italy. They're now in the hands of a new government they don't understand, and they definitely don't like. Eugenio Bortuzzi has been named Prefect for Vig�ata, a regional...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lawyer and journalist Matteo Teresi discovers the existence of a secret sect whose members include priests and politicians. The sect's seedy purpose is to initiate devout virgins into the rites of married life. Preying on their victims naivety, they commit ignominious acts while promising the young women divine grace. In 1901 the scandal breaks nationwide. But far from being hailed as a hero, Teresi is accused of disrupting the social order. A passionately...
3) Riccardino
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Montalbano receives an early-morning phone call, but this time it's not Catarella announcing a murder, but a man called Riccardino who's dialed a wrong number and asks him when he'll be arriving at the meeting. Montalbano, in irritation, says: "In ten minutes." Shortly after, he gets another call, this one announcing the customary murder. A man has been shot and killed outside a bar in front of his three friends. It turns out to be the same man who...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Sicily, April 16 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzm�an y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Do�na Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora de Moura is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.The Marquise implements measures that include lowering the...
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