A Sicilian Romance (Best Novel Classics)

The plot concerns the fallen nobility of the house of Mazzini, on the northern shore of Sicily, as related by a tourist who learns of their turbulent history from a monk he meets at the ruins of their once-magnificent castle. The Mazzini sisters, Emilia and Julia are ''beautiful'' young ladies with many talents. Julia quickly falls in love with the young and handsome Italian count Hippolitus de Vereza, but to her dismay her father decides that she should marry Duke de Luovo instead. After much thought Julia attempts to elope with Hippolitus on the night before her wedding. However, their escape had been anticipated, and the Marquis, Julia''s father, ambushes and seemingly kills Hippolitus whose body is carried away by his servants. The Marquis tells Julia that she must marry the duke and after much difficulty she escapes again alone. The Marquis and the Duke spend much of the novel trying to catch Julia and force her to marry the duke. Julia has to flee from her various hiding places as she narrowly avoids capture and eventually ends up, by a secret tunnel, in the abandoned and seemingly haunted southern apartments of the Mazzini castle only to find that her mother, thought to be dead, had been imprisoned there for years by the Marquis, who had grown to despise her. The Marquis''s new wife, Maria de Vellorno, commits murder-suicide after the Marquis discovers and accuses her of infidelity, poisoning the Marquis and stabbing herself. Before he dies the Marquis confesses to Ferdinand, his son, that his mother has been imprisoned, and hands him the keys. However, his mother and Julia had already been freed by Hippolitus, who had recovered from his wounds. Ferdinand then finds them at a lighthouse on the coast, waiting to leave for Italy, and they are all joyfully reunited. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy! Characters: Ferdinand Mazzini - Marquis Louisa Bernini - Ferdinand''s first wife, mother of his three children Maria de Vellorno - Ferdinand''s second wife Emilia - older daughter Julia - younger daughter Ferdinand - son Madame de Menon - governess of Mazzini girls, childhood friend of Louisa Bernini Vincent - servantCount Hippolitus de Vereza Duke de Luovo Robert - servant Riccardo - de Luovo''s son, leader of banditti Peter - servant Caterina - Julia''s servant whose parents help hide her Cornelia - nun at St. Augustin''s, Hippolitus''s sister Oz Books: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6426287 TIK-TOK of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6353841 Ozma of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6356346 Glinda of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6461890 The Scarecrow of OZ https://www.createspace.com/6461981 The Marvelous Land of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6462832 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464450 The Road to Oz by https://www.createspace.com/6464521 The Emerald City of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464602 The Patchwork Girl of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464682 The Lost Princess of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6465342 The Tin Woodman of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6466582 Rinkitink in Oz https://www.createspace.com/6464764 The Magic of Oz https://www.createspace.com/6466620 Grimm''s Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimmhttps://www.createspace.com/6440051 Classic Novels and Novellas:The Open Boat and Other Stories by Stephen Crane https://www.createspace.com/6447605 The Black Riders and Other Lines by Stephen Cranehttps://www.createspace.com/6475101 The Call of the Wild by Jack Londonhttps://www.createspace.com/6420473 White Fang by Jack Londonhttps://www.createspace.com/6420475

• | Author: Ann Radcliffe
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Aug 11, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 158 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1537040979
• | ISBN-13: 9781537040974