First published 2020
On Christmas Day 1130, Roger de Hauteville, descendant of the renowned Roberto Guiscardo, accepts the crown as Sicily's first king. His coronation launches a golden age that transforms the Mediterranean island into a cosmopolitan melting pot of tolerance and culture. The Norman kingdom flourishes for sixty-four years, hosting remarkable figures like the magnetic yet insufferable Saint Bernard, the monarchs William the Bad and William the Good, and the bastard king Tancred. Richard the Lionheart walks these halls of power as the Second Crusade unfolds and violent papal schisms tear at Christianity. Yet by 1194, the sun sets on Norman Sicily forever. Norwich chronicles both the rise and fall of this extraordinary Mediterranean kingdom, capturing the most glorious period in Sicily's history through the lives of its rulers and the great events that shaped their world.
Genres: historical, historical-fiction, adventure, biography-memoir
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: historical-figures, rise-and-fall
Setting: Sicily, Mediterranean
Period: Christmas Day 1130, Second Crusade, 1194
456 pages · Hardcover · Ático de los Libros