A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small and apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility. Through the eyes of his princely protagonist, the author chronicles the details of an aristocratic, pastoral society, torn apart by revolution, death and decay.
- ISBN10 0002714590
- ISBN13 9780002714594
- Publish Date 1 December 1986 (first published 12 May 1960)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 May 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint The Harvill Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English