The Marchesa

From the award-winning and internationally acclaimed author ofThe Almond Pickercomes this sumptuous family saga set in nineteenth-century Sicily. Costanza Safamita is the beloved daughter of the Baron Domenico Safamita: Red-haired, gawky, and shy, she is considered an outsider by many on her family's estate. But when her adoring father makes her the sole heir to the Safamita fortune, she finds herself plunged into the glittering world of Palermo society, and into the arms of a depraved husband. As Costanza endures the travails of her marriage, she must also fight to preserve the family's household and way of life against the tide of revolution and change. Set against the fall of the Bourbon monarchy, and the rise of the mafia,The Marchesais a scintillating family drama, and a masterly fresco of a now vanished world.Hornby, Simonetta Agnello is the author of 'The Marchesa' with ISBN 9780312427474 and ISBN 0312427476.