- Published: 15 February 2008
- ISBN: 9781586421311
- Imprint: Steerforth Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 512
- RRP: $59.99
Sicily
Three Thousand Years of Human History

















- Published: 15 February 2008
- ISBN: 9781586421311
- Imprint: Steerforth Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 512
- RRP: $59.99
"A compact history of the Mediterranean's largest island, the most frequently conquered spot on earth. . . . The author does an especially good job of explaining how history never quite goes away in Sicily, how through the accretion of centuries, through so many varied influences, the island's unique culture has emerged. . . . A useful introduction to a portion of the world whose crowded history is not easily condensed."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Benjamin ... manages to deliver this fantastic island in all its kaleidoscopic variety. Although she takes us from pre-history to present day, the pace feels unhurried and the writing almost conversational. Sicily keeps our attention in the first place thanks to Sicily's layered history and colorful cast of heroes and scoundrels. and in the second to Benjamin's wonderfully terse, ironic tone and lively sense of the ridiculous." --Providence Journal (A Best Book of the Year)
"This solid narrative of the Mediterranean island emphasizes how its location has subjected it to one wave of conquest after another." --PW