Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria, and on the Top of Mount Ætna (Classic Reprint)
Author: Helen Lowe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-03-12
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780243900749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Unprotected Females in Sicily, Calabria, and on the Top of Mount AEtna Who has not heard of Sicilian Vesper hymns? They are sounding now, as from our terrace between the palm and the aloe, we watch the sun sink into the Thyrrian sea; the moon rise bright as Ceres' sickle; the lines of palaces east and west, light up each window; the jutting mountains, graceful as rocks from Mount Olympus, fade to shadows; and feel the last heave of the tired Sirocco from Africa's sands, stir the balmy air and whisper Sleep! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
