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Ebooks about Sicily by our history editors. Start reading in just a few minutes!
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• Sicily: The Time Traveler's Guide The island in your pocket in this destination guide.
• The Peoples of Sicily: A Multicultural Legacy The story of the world's most conquered island.
• Time Traveler's Guide to Norman-Arab-Byzantine Palermo, Monreale and Cefalù Details.
• Sicily's Queens 1061-1266 The first collection of biographies of these medieval women.
• The Kingdom of Sicily 1130-1860 Seven centuries of Sicilian history.
• Queen Margaret of Sicily The life of Sicily's greatest queen.
• Sicilian Food and Wine: The Cognoscente's Guide Discover Sicilian cuisine.
• Women of Sicily: Saints, Queens and Rebels Meet the historical women of Sicily.
• Sicilian Genealogy and Heraldry Finding ancestral roots in Sicily.
• Sicilian Court Culture 1061-1266: The Time Traveler's Guide Visit the Middle Ages!
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