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The Companion Guide to Sicily
Raleigh Trevelyan
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Description for The Companion Guide to Sicily
Paperback. A guide to Sicily. It covers great sites including: Segesta, Agrigento and the mosaics of the Roman villa near Piazza Armerina, Palermo and Monreale, the theatre at Syracuse and the baroque marvels of Noto. Series: Companion Guides. Num Pages: 622 pages, 24 black and white, 14 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 632.
This vivid, knowledgeable and privileged guide to the riches of Sicily is vintage Companion Guide. The beautiful island of Sicily, poised between Europe and Africa, has seen many invaders, nearly all of whom have left their mark in art and architecture. It is also a land of myth and enigma, pagan below the Catholic surface, troubled by the shadow of the Mafia - in the words of the great Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia, a fantasy world. Raleigh Trevelyan knows the island intimately, and his knowledge adds immeasurably to the experience of visiting the great ... Read more
This vivid, knowledgeable and privileged guide to the riches of Sicily is vintage Companion Guide. The beautiful island of Sicily, poised between Europe and Africa, has seen many invaders, nearly all of whom have left their mark in art and architecture. It is also a land of myth and enigma, pagan below the Catholic surface, troubled by the shadow of the Mafia - in the words of the great Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia, a fantasy world. Raleigh Trevelyan knows the island intimately, and his knowledge adds immeasurably to the experience of visiting the great ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
622
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
622
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781900639446
SKU
V9781900639446
Shipping Time
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Reviews for The Companion Guide to Sicily
The level of detail offered by Trevelyan is impressive... [his] knowledge, experience, research and passion shine. The detail is frequently enlivened by anecdotes, or historical episodes.
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Informative, entertaining, even leisurely, combining the best of essential knowledge with an agreeable personal touch... A model guide, with ... all the excitement of discovery and the deeper pleasures of ... Read more
REFERENCE REVIEWS
Informative, entertaining, even leisurely, combining the best of essential knowledge with an agreeable personal touch... A model guide, with ... all the excitement of discovery and the deeper pleasures of ... Read more