The revolution of the moon / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camilleri, Andrea, author.

Contributor:

Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954- translator.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Rivoluzione della luna. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Moura, Eleonora de--Fiction.

Moura, Eleonora de.

Sicily (Italy)--History--15th-18th centuries--Fiction.

Sicily (Italy).

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

234 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2017.

Summary:

Sicily, April 16 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzmán y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Doña 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 marryall measures that were considered seditious by the conservative city fathers and by the Church. The machinations of powerful men soon result in Doña Eleonora, whom the Church sees as a dangerous revolutionary, being recalled to Spain. Her rule lasted 27 days ~ one cycle of the moon.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9781609453916

1609453913

OCLC:

981760471