Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History SS_Gift_Guide Lucy—darkly beautiful as her mother

Lucy—darkly beautiful as her mother was—is always thought of by those around her as her mother’s daughter

and in showing us how we got here we can chart a path out

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like Michael Lang

Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History SS_Gift_Guide Lucy—darkly beautiful as her motherCritically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history. Sicily, said Goethe, is the key to everything. It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicilys strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings.