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The Florios of Sicily
2019
First Published
3.97
Average Rating
464
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A grand, sweeping international bestseller that captures the many lives of Italy's most notorious family, the Florios, from their humble origins as impoverished shopkeepers to becoming the uncrowned kings of Sicily. Vincenzo, who lost his father at eight, builds an empire from the docks of Palermo. Driven by an insatiable desire to rise above his station and fueled by a nobility that scorns him, Vincenzo sacrifices family and love to transform his tiny spice shop into a trading empire. The name, Florio, soon instills fear and respect. The men of the family are stubborn, arrogant, philanderers and slaves to passions. Paolo shrewdly fights his way out of an earthquake-striken Bagnara to start anew in Sicily. Ignazio II rejects his one true love to fulfill his destiny as the head of a trading empire. Not to be outdone by the men, the Florio women unapologetically demand their place outside the restraints of caring mothers, alluring mistresses, or wounded wives. Giula, though only a mistress, is fiercely intelligent and wins over politicians and businessmen alike. Angelina, born a bastard, charts her own future against the wishes of her father. In this epic yet intimate tale of power, passion, and revenge, the rise and fall of a family taps into the universal desire to become more than who we are born as.

Avg Rating
3.97
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Author

Stefania Auci
Stefania Auci
Author · 7 books

Stefania Auci è nata a Trapani ma vive da anni a Palermo, dopo aver girato l’Italia. Insegnante, ex avvocato, ex cancelliere, si dedica alla narrativa urban fantasy, horror e romance sin dall’adolescenza. A ottobre 2011 è uscito il suo romance di esordio, Fiore di Scozia, edito da Harlequin Mondadori e a dicembre 2012 il suo seguito La Rosa Bianca. Nel 2010 ha pubblicato con edizioni 0111 Hidden in the dark, breve raccolta di racconti urban fantasy tratti dalla saga di Moray Place 12, Edimburgo.

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