โ Eric Burney
๐ Fiction
๐
2019
๐ English
โ 151 KB
๐ 3 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
The Revolution of the Moon
โ Scribed by Andrea Camilleri; Stephen Sartarelli
- Publisher
- Europa
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
From the author of the Inspector Montalbano series comes the remarkable account of an exceptional woman who rises to power in 17th century Sicily and brings about sweeping changes that threaten the iron-fisted patriarchy, before being cast out in a coup after only 27 days.
Sicily, April 16 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzman y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Doรฑa 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 price of bread, reducing taxes for large families, re-opening women's care facilities, and establishing stipends for young couples wishing to marry--all measures that were considered seditious by the conservative city fathers and by the Church. The...
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