Granite Island

Portrait of Corsica

Dorothy Carrington (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

1984 | New edition
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-009524-1 (ISBN)

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Recounting the archaic beliefs of rural Corsica, with its witchcraft and its vendetta system, viewing Genoese architecture, or commenting on the modern "pleasure invasion", this book also evokes the scenery of the granite villages of Corsica. This book won the Heinemann Prize.

Recounting the archaic beliefs of rural Corsica, with its witchcraft and its vendetta system, viewing Genoese architecture, or commenting on the modern "pleasure invasion", this book also evokes the scenery, the mountains and olive trees, the heady scent of the maquis and the austere beauty of the granite villages of Corsica. This book won the Heinemann Prize.

The Imperial City; The First Heroes; Birth of a Myth; Night-hunters of Souls; Aristocracy and Honour; Law of the Outlaws; Penitents and Bandits; Violence and Piety; Heretics and Revolutionaries; The Outpost; The Disinherited; Fallen Capitals; Saint and Adventurers; The Core of the Island; Liberation - Tradition and the Enlightenment; The End of an Epoch. Historical Summary.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.1984
Reihe/Serie	Travel Library
Zusatzinfo	illustrations, map, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 198 mm
Gewicht	250 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	0-14-009524-1 / 0140095241
ISBN-13	978-0-14-009524-1 / 9780140095241
Zustand	Neuware