The Resource The revolution of the moon, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
The revolution of the moon, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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- Summary
- Sicily, April 16 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzmán y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Doña Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora de Moura is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.The Marquise implements measures that include lowering the price of bread, reducing taxes for large families, re-opening women's care facilities, and establishing stipends for young couples wishing to marryall measures that were considered seditious by the conservative city fathers and by the Church. The machinations of powerful men soon result in Doña Eleonora, whom the Church sees as a dangerous revolutionary, being recalled to Spain. Her rule lasted 27 daysone cycle of the moon
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Label
- The revolution of the moon
- Title
- The revolution of the moon
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Subject
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- trueWomen's role
- trueSocial change
- trueWomen rulers
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueMarquis and marchionesses
- trueMisogyny
- Moura, Eleonora de -- Fiction
- trueNobility
- truePalermo, Italy
- truePatriarchy
- truePolitical corruption
- truePolitical ethics
- trueReligious corruption
- trueRevenge
- Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 15th-18th centuries -- Fiction
- trueSicily, Italy
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- Sicily, April 16 1677. From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, Anielo de Guzmán y Carafa, marquis of Castle Rodrigo, names his wife, Doña Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora de Moura is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.The Marquise implements measures that include lowering the price of bread, reducing taxes for large families, re-opening women's care facilities, and establishing stipends for young couples wishing to marryall measures that were considered seditious by the conservative city fathers and by the Church. The machinations of powerful men soon result in Doña Eleonora, whom the Church sees as a dangerous revolutionary, being recalled to Spain. Her rule lasted 27 daysone cycle of the moon
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- 10562575
- Cataloging source
- VHOB
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- 1925-2019
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- Camilleri, Andrea
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Italian
- Literary form
- fiction
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- 1954-
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- Sartarelli, Stephen
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- Moura, Eleonora de
- Sicily (Italy)
- Label
- The revolution of the moon, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
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- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059857113
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9781609453916
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)981760471
- Label
- The revolution of the moon, Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059857113
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9781609453916
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)981760471
Subject
- trueWomen's role
- trueSocial change
- trueWomen rulers
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueInheritance and succession
- trueMarquis and marchionesses
- trueMisogyny
- Moura, Eleonora de -- Fiction
- trueNobility
- truePalermo, Italy
- truePatriarchy
- truePolitical corruption
- truePolitical ethics
- trueReligious corruption
- trueRevenge
- Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 15th-18th centuries -- Fiction
- trueSicily, Italy
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