Title: Sicily
Description: Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative  that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference  guide to each period in Sicily's fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily  often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through  the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily's rulers, along with  Jews, Ligurians, and Albanians. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims,  Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy and the modern  era have all held sway, and left lasting influences on the island's culture and architecture.  Sicily's character has also been determined by what passed it by: events that affected  Europe generally, namely the Crusades and Columbus's discovery of the Americas, remarkably  had little influence on Italy's most famous island. Maps, biographical notes, suggestions  for further reading, a glossary, pronunciation keys, and much more make this unique  book as essential as it is enjoyable.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Subjects: Nonfiction, History, Sicily (italy), history