The revolution of the moon, by Andrea Camilleri

The revolution of the moon, by Andrea Camilleri
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Until recently, talk about Andrea Camilleri was to talk about Commissioner Montalbano. Until, at 92 years old, good old Camilleri has decided to take a turn and write a historical and even feminist novel ...

Because the figure of Eleonora (or Leonor de Moura y Aragón) in the XNUMXth century city of Palermo, stands as a personality determined to banish the old vices, the disastrous customs and all kinds of excesses that her husband the viceroy allowed to form. a city without law.

Except that all those who benefited from the chaos, those original mafias that would spread for centuries throughout the world, had in their female figure a supposedly easy enemy. If being a woman was not easy then, trying to gain power even temporarily became an impossible mission.

The old beliefs of women as tools of the devil brought from the Christian religion through the damn Eve and her apple, could always serve to lift the people in front of a woman.

The facts are what they are. The improvements in the city of Palermo at all levels are very considerable. But even though the power is supposedly Eleonora's, most of those around her will conspire against her. Too much patronage and outstanding debts.

It remains to be seen if the inhabitants of Palermo will believe all the dark accusations that fall on Leonor or if they will really appreciate the improvement in their lives since she has been here.

A novel about the dark goings-on of a Palermo city that would end up becoming the cradle of the Sicilian mafia years later. Eleonora's days could have changed everything. The struggle between immorality and illegality and what is correct, the ability to manipulate everything by touching the grain of an illiterate people. Old systems to establish fear and lies that still persist to this day… and not only in Palermo.

You can now buy the novel The revolution of the moon, the latest book by Andrea Camilleri, here:

The revolution of the moon, by Andrea Camilleri
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