The Palace
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: June 20, 1997
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780333632291
Subjects: Historical fiction; Modern fiction; c 1800 to c 1900
First sentence: The sun was rising on a May day in 1860, and when it had burnt a complete circle through the pale morning mist, I, Gabriele del Campo, was to be executed by firing squad.