Stefania Auci / Winter of the Lions

Stefania Auci / Winter of the LionsStefania Auci, winner of the La Baccante literary prize in 2021, presents "Winter of the Lions", published by Nord. The book is the sequel to the best seller "The Lions of Sicily", which tells of the dizzying rise of an anonymous Sicilian family from the darkest poverty to the greatest wealth. In the new novel, the Florio saga continues. Now rich and powerful, they are admired, honored and feared. The young Ignatius, architect of his own fortune, goes beyond Sicily, towards Rome and the intrigues of politics, towards Europe and its courts, towards the naval dominion of the Mediterranean, towards the purchase of the entire Egadi archipelago. Ignatius fears no one and has a heart of ice but for the glory of the Florio family he had to give up on love. His son Ignazziddu, who in his early twenties inherited the economic empire built by his father, is instead afraid. He does not want to be a slave to a surname, to sacrifice himself on the altar of the family. He tries, but realizes that having the blood of the Florio family is not enough to be successful. It takes something else. The journalist Leda Cesari talks with the author of the history and fate of this family.

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