Norwich combines authority with charmingly personal flair
Daily Telegraph
Norwich is a perfectly informed guide
Week
John Julius Norwich, as he explains, began his writing career with a focus on Sicily during its Norman era, and now he has returned to produce this riotous, thoughtful journey through the island's rich and varied history . . . ... Read moreNorwich has produced an entertaining narrative
BBC History Magazine
Norwich is an authoritative historian, but his writing is charmingly personal . . . Sicily's political history is full of some much turbulence it's sometimes hard to keep track of the battles, murders and successions, but Norwich sketches personalities vividly . . . Norwich calls this book his 'valediction' to Sicily: he does the island and the reader a generous service in providing such an amiable introduction
Sunday Telegraph
Norwich tells the long, sad but fascinating story with sympathy and brio
Literary Review
The most amiable and freewheeling of guides, Norwich will always find room for the amusing anecdote . . . Written Sicilian history dates back 2,500 years, so compressing it into one book means a swift and exhilarating gallop . . . Norwich renders it entertaining on every page
Sunday Times
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