{"product_id":"nelsons-duchy","title":"Nelson's Duchy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262268100952,"sku":"9781862273269","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781862273269.jpg?v=1765325728","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/nelsons-duchy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}