The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194

The Normans in Sicily Volume II

John Julius Norwich, John Julius Norwich

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Faber & Faber
28 March 2018

History; European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

When on Christmas Day, 1130, Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was fantastically cosmopolitan; and to an atmosphere of racial and religious toleration unparalleled in Europe. But sixty-four years later, to the day, when the bastard King Tancred was defeated, the sun set on the Sicilian Kingdom. In this second volume of John Julius Norwich's scintillating history of the Normans in Sicily, Norwich describes the 'happiest and most glorious chapter of the island's history.'

By: John Julius Norwich, John Julius Norwich
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780571340231
ISBN 10: 0571340237
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 28 March 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Julius Norwich, born in 1929, took a degree in French and Russian at New College, Oxford. In 1952 he joined the Foreign Service at the embassies in Belgrade and Beirut and with the British delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. In 1964 he resigned from the service in order to write. His many publications include A History of Venice and Byzantium and the New York Times bestseller Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy.