The Council of Egypt
By: Leonardo Sciascia ; translated from the Italian by Adrienne Foulke.
Publisher: Carcanet
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Manchester; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Vella, Giuseppe, d. 1815 -- Fiction.
Description: Sicily, 1783. In order to curry favour with the religious authorities in Naples, Abbot Vella invents an ancient Arabic chronicle called "The Council of Egypt", which justifies baronial privilege and restores to the kingdom of Naples all power over the island.
Notes: Translation of: Il Consiglio d'Egitto.
First published in English in 1966.