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15%OFFMichael Pratt - Nelson's Duchy: A Sicilian Anomaly - 9781862273269 - V9781862273269
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Nelson's Duchy: A Sicilian Anomaly

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Description for Nelson's Duchy: A Sicilian Anomaly Hardcover. Describes the history of the Duchy of Bronte, the Sicilian estate given to Admiral Lord Nelson by the Neopolitan Bourbons in 1799. Containing maps and photographs, this book describes not only the story of the estate and its very foreign owners, but also that of the English in Eastern Sicily during the 19th and 20th centuries. Num Pages: 280 pages, 70 b&w photos 3 maps bibliography index. BIC Classification: 1DSTC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 25. Weight in Grams: 808.

It describes not only the story of the estate and its very foreign owners, but also that of the English in eastern Sicily during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Not only was the Castello di Maniace the seat of a dukedom, but the estate had also been one of Sicily's greatest medieval abbeys and played a significant part in the island's past. The book contains maps and photographs from a collection long dispersed - sadly the last Duke of Bronte sold the property over twenty years ago, so they document a way of life that no longer exists. All facets ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862273269
SKU
V9781862273269
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Michael Pratt
(Location: Kent) is an author and historian who has been writing books for over thirty years, including Britain's Greek Empire - about the lonian Islands - and Great Country House of Central Europe. Philip Boucas, who took most of the photographs, was an internationally acclaimed photographer.

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