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Auci had her breakout in 2019 with The Florios of Sicily (Italian: I leoni di Sicilia), an historical novel about the Florio family, which after having been rejected by two publishers was a surprise best seller, selling over one million copies and being released in 35 countries. [1]
Tina Whitaker (born Tina Scalia 1858–1957) was an Italian writer and hostess.. She was the daughter of General Alfonso Scalia, who landed in Sicily with Giuseppe Garibaldi during the years leading up to the Risorgimento.
The book serves as her formal response to Jean de Meun's popular Roman de la Rose. [2] Pizan combats Meun's statements about women by creating an allegorical city of ladies. She defends women by collecting a wide array of famous women throughout history. These women are "housed" in the City of Ladies, which is actually the book.
In the 1890s she became secretary to Douglas Sladen, with whom she wrote book two of Queer Things about Sicily (Sicily from a Woman's Point of View). [2] She contributed to the Girl's Own Paper and wrote numerous travel books and 26 "rather sentimental novels."
In historical Sicilian folklore, the doñas de fuera would make contact with humans, mostly women deemed to have “sweet blood”, whom they took to Benevento ("the Blockula of Sicily" [1]), by mounting them on magical, flying goats. The fairies were called doñas de fuera, which was also a name for the women who associated with them. They ...
De Mulieribus Claris (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") said that Constance was a daughter of King William I of Sicily, [28] and upon her birth a Calabrian abbot named Joachim told William that his daughter would cause the destruction of Sicily. William believed the prediction and shut young Constance up in a monastery and forced her to ...
Battaglia also became involved in women's and environmental issues. For several years she stopped taking pictures and officially entered the world of politics. From 1985 to 1991 she held a seat on the Palermo city council for the Green Party, and from 1991 to 1996 she was a Deputy at the Sicilian Regional Assembly for The Network. She was ...
The book garnered a generally positive reception. For example, the Lisle Library District located in Illinois hosted a book club which reviewed Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions. In their discussion, they determined that the book is "a great armchair travel experience" and "eccentric and appealing". [10]