{"product_id":"sette-e-mezzo-seven-and-a-half-the-palermo-revolt-of-1866-9781954744721","title":"Sette e Mezzo: Seven and a Half: The Palermo Revolt of 1866","description":"SETTE E MEZZO (originally published in 1952, six years before Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo) is a remarkable novel, unknown outside of Italy and little known even there. It is set in the historical context of the Sicilian rising in Palermo against the new Italian national government during the seven and a half days between 16-22 September 1866. Within this context the author deploys a rich cast of characters: an ageing aristocrat of the ancien régime, his free-thinking mother, his discontented young wife and her soldier lover, his utopian-minded brother and revolutionary Garibaldian nephew, plus a lecherous official and a comically sinister éminence grise. The scenes range from the noble palaces of Palermo with their dinners and balls to the vast empty reaches of the Sicilian countryside and its agrarian communities. We relive the barricades and bombardments and hand-to-hand street fighting in the rabbit-warren boroughs of Palermo, and the book climaxes in a terrifying episode among the thousands of mummified corpses in the catacombs of the Cappuccini.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11149075\"\u003eFrederick Hammond\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11289380\"\u003eGiuseppe Maggiore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epigraph Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954744721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1954744722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epigraph Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432300671213,"sku":"1954744722","price":23.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_14f20ac1-46e1-4be0-a0fa-dae55c2afe82.jpg?v=1700041419","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sette-e-mezzo-seven-and-a-half-the-palermo-revolt-of-1866-9781954744721","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}