Denis Mack Smith Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Dieses Buch gehört ins Reisegepäck jedes Sizilienurlaubers. Seine Autoren erzählen die Geschichte Siziliens und seiner Bevölkerung von den Anfängen bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Nur wenige Inseln erlangten jemals eine solche, durch die Zeiten fortdauernde Bedeutung. Immer wieder weckte ihr natürlicher Reichtum Begehrlichkeiten in fremden Ländern. Phönizier, Griechen, Römer, Araber, Normannen, Staufer, Aragonesen, Spanier und Neapolitaner kamen als Eroberer. Die Hinterlassenschaften dieser so unterschiedlichen Kulturen sind in vielen Fällen bis auf den heutigen Tag erhalten geblieben und faszinieren in ihrer einzigartigen Schönheit die Besucher.

Dall'ascesa all'esilio: un saggio fondamentale per conoscere il ruolo della monarchia in Italia.

The captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the "most beautiful house in Sicily"For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has extended her English charm and warm hospitality to seasoned travelers and professional escapists as well as to writers and artists like Tennessee Williams, Bertrand Russell, Henry Faulkner, and Roald Dahl. This memoir tells their story, and hers.It begins in 1947 when, thirty-four years old and war-weary, a modest Englishwoman arrived in Taormina with little Italian, less money, and a plan to sell the property she had unexpectedly inherited. Instead, she fell in love, not just with the airy quarters of the golden stone house on a hillside but also with a community and its way of life. To save Casa Cuseni from certain demolition, Daphne converted her enchanting inheritance into the wondrous pensione that for nearly half a century she has run with the blessing of every Taorminan from the local silk-shirted godfather, Don Ciccio, to Concetta Genio, her steadfast cook, housekeeper, and friend.

The history of modern Italy began in March 1861 when Count Camillo Cavour proclaim a united Italian kingdom with the goal of creating a prosperous, liberal new power in Europe. For a country whose ancient heritage had placed it at the center of western culture, this late entry to nationhood and rapid reach for power would bring frequent crisis. In this fully revised edition of his classic history of the country, Denis Mack Smith provides a complete and engaging narrative of the fate of Italy from risorgimento to the present.

Mussolini: chi era costui? In questa attenta biografia Mack Smith ripercorre la scalata al potere del Duce, mostrandoci come le sue peculiarità caratteriali sono state un fattore cruciale sia dei successi sia dei fallimenti del fascismo. Un uomo in grado di trascinare con così grande ardore tutta una nazione in un'avventura più grande di lui, ma anche capace di diventare - per sua stessa ammissione - l'uomo più odiato d'Italia, è chiaramente un uomo fuori del comune. E Mack Smith ce lo dimostra.