1st viscount nelson
A Sicilian Anomaly
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admiral nelson
anglo-sicilian relationship
Author_Michael Pratt
castello di maniace
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citadel
duke of bronte
dukedom
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estate
medieval abbey
vice-admiral horatio nelson
Product details
- ISBN 9781862273269
- Weight: 820g
- Dimensions: 190 x 250mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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It describes not only the story of the estate and its very foreign owners, but also that of the English in eastern Sicily during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only was the Castello di Maniace the seat of a dukedom, but the estate had also been one of Sicily's greatest medieval abbeys and played a significant part in the island's past. The book contains maps and photographs from a collection long dispersed - sadly the last Duke of Bronte sold the property over twenty years ago, so they document a way of life that no longer exists. All facets of an unusual Anglo-Sicilian relationship, with mutual miscomprehension usually uppermost, are recorded here, sometimes touchingly.
(Location: Kent) is an author and historian who has been writing books for over thirty years, including Britain's Greek Empire - about the lonian Islands - and Great Country House of Central Europe. Philip Boucas, who took most of the photographs, was an internationally acclaimed photographer.
