{"product_id":"a-hidden-sicilian-history-second-edition-9781682354063","title":"A Hidden Sicilian History: Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs there life after death? \u003cem\u003eA Hidden Sicilian History: Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e presents an intriguing and easy-to-read historical novel that starts with the investigation of a mysterious death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile doing research in the public library in Enna, Sicily, a young man notices an ancient scroll has drifted from a shelf onto the floor. It appears to have slipped from a gap between two volumes about the Spanish Inquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough he expects it to be related to life in Sicily at the time of Spanish rule, instead the handwritten scroll reports a singular drama that was performed on the stage of the deconsecrated Church of Santa Croce in Enna some time ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young man decides to translate the fascinating lost manuscript from Italian into English and publish it. Historical facts flow freely from the document, as well as its descriptions of traditional feasts and processions, the way to remove hexes and roundworms from children, and life in Enna's public whorehouse. It also touches on other societies bound together by a common thread: the yearning to understand the meaning of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel's theme becomes a journey into the innermost recesses of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEttore Grillo is a retired attorney from Sicily who spends his time writing and traveling. This is his fifth book. His previous books are \u003cem\u003eTravels of the Mind, The Vibrations of Words, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNovember 2: The Day of the Dead in Sicily\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Hidden Sicilian History \u003c\/em\u003e(first edition).\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Strategic Book Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382082277650,"sku":"9781682354063","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4cde6386-4de0-4536-a362-2c1b37e5390a.jpg?v=1728703006","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-hidden-sicilian-history-second-edition-9781682354063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}