{"product_id":"9781635769463","title":"Sicilian Avengers : Book Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Beati Paoli's unrelenting campaign to restore justice is \n\u003cbr\u003ecompromised by an act of betrayal and a plot that threatens its very \n\u003cbr\u003eexistence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the \n\u003cbr\u003ebackdrop of the island's increasing disillusionment with its new rulers \n\u003cbr\u003efrom Savoy and a yearning for the return of the formerly detested \n\u003cbr\u003eSpanish monarchy, book two of Sicilian \n\u003cbr\u003eAvengers continues as the future of the House of Albamonte \n\u003cbr\u003ehangs in the balance and the survival of the Beati Paoli is \n\u003cbr\u003ethreatened. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShifting allegiances, brutal \n\u003cbr\u003ereprisals, tortures, and kidnappings occur as the Beati Paoli's efforts \n\u003cbr\u003eto restore a usurped patrimony to its rightful owner is compromised by \n\u003cbr\u003ean act of betrayal. As they race to complete their mission, they must \n\u003cbr\u003ealso thwart the diabolical plans of the villainous Don Raimondo and the \n\u003cbr\u003eevil Matteo Lo Vecchio, and deal with the wavering loyalty of one of the\n\u003cbr\u003e sect's newest recruits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlasco de \n\u003cbr\u003eCastiglione finally discovers his true identity, which tests his sense \n\u003cbr\u003eof justice, honor, and fidelity to the people he knows, trusts, and \n\u003cbr\u003eloves: Duke Don Raimondo, whom he has pledged to protect; the beautiful \n\u003cbr\u003eand alluring Donna Gabriella, who has captured his heart; his friend and\n\u003cbr\u003e protector, the enigmatic Coriolano della Floresta; and the young and \n\u003cbr\u003enaïve Violante, whose love is within reach yet out of bounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated\n\u003cbr\u003e into English for the first time by Stephen Riggio, Luigi Natoli's saga \n\u003cbr\u003ebrings early eighteenth-century Palermo into vivid relief, where \n\u003cbr\u003eSicilian aristocrats enjoy their soirees and luxuries while the poor and\n\u003cbr\u003e destitute scrounge for food in the dark and filthy streets. Nowhere is \n\u003cbr\u003ethe contrast more shocking and wrenching than in the scrupulous \n\u003cbr\u003edepiction of the auto-da-fé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will\n\u003cbr\u003e become immersed in a Sicily that is long gone but whose glorious and \n\u003cbr\u003etroubled past echoes in these pages. As French critic Jean Noël Schifano \n\u003cbr\u003esaid, Natoli's novel is \"the fifth historical monument of contemporary \n\u003cbr\u003eItalian literature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBook 2 of 2 includes an afterword by Umberto Eco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079303303416,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":39.14,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781635769463","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}