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Dec 1, 2016 · Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favour with Naples, 'invents' an ancient...
May 24, 2021 · The Council of Egypt. by. Sciascia, Leonardo. Publication date. 1988. Topics. Vella, Giuseppe, -1815 -- Fiction. Publisher. Manchester ; New York, NY : Carcanet.
The codex, known as The Council of Egypt, is rumored to contain language that will show that many local estates are in the hands of usurping families who came along after the Norman reconquest of Sicily.
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Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favour with Naples, 'invents' an ancient Arabic chronicle, The Council of Egypt, that rewrites Sicilian history.
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Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favour with Naples, 'invents' an ancient Arabic chronicle, The Council of Egypt, that rewrites Sicilian history.
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Sep 1, 2018 · Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favor with Naples, "invents" an ancient Arabic chronicle, The Council of Egypt, that rewrites Sicilian history. Read more.
Dec 1, 2016 · Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favour with Naples, 'invents' an ancient Arabic chronicle, The Council of Egypt, that rewrites Sicilian history.