Stefania Auci
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Les Florio t.1 : les lions de Sicile
Stefania Auci
- Le livre de poche
- Le Livre De Poche Litterature
- 27 Avril 2022
- 9782253936916
1799. Paolo et Ignazio Florio quittent leur Calabre natale pour s'installer à Palerme. Passionnés, ambitieux, les deux frères et leur famille n'aspirent qu'à une chose : se hisser parmi les puissants de la ville. C'est compter sans le mépris des palermitains qui voient d'un mauvais oeil ces étrangers dont « le sang pue la sueur ». À force d'obstination et de volonté, les Florio, en se lançant dans le commerce d'épices, se frayent un chemin qui, un jour peut-être, leur donnera un empire. Mais leur réussite ne les protège pas de drames plus intimes, car Paolo et Ignazio, pourtant unis comme les doigts de la main, aiment la même femme...
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Numéro 1 des ventes en Italie, véritable phénomène, la saga de Stefania Auci est la fresque tragique et intime de l'Italie du Sud.
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Sélection Les 100 livres de 2022- Lire magazine littéraire« L'épopée flamboyante aux multiples rebondissements de l'une des plus grandes dynasties siciliennes des deux derniers siècles. » Figaro MagazineDe la toute-puissance aux premiers tourments, la saga passionnée d'une dynastie sicilienne. La famille Florio règne désormais sur la Sicile. À Palerme, elle possède palais, usines, bateaux, soieries. On l'admire et on les craint.Mais la gloire demande efforts et sacrifices. Si Ignazio, qui a succédé à son père, pousse ses ambitions au-delà de la Sicile, son fils et futur héritier sait que le sang des Florio ne lui suffira pas: il lui faut la force des bâtisseurs. Sera-t-il capable de prendre les rênes de l'empire dont il porte le nom?Tandis que père et fils s'affrontent, leurs épouses, dans l'ombre, sentent que la fortune peut se briser sous les coups du destin, et que les hommes, eux aussi, sont fragiles.Numéro 1 des ventes en Italie, véritable phénomène, la saga de Stefania Auci est la fresque tragique et intime de l'Italie du Sud.« Une remarquable odyssée industrielle et familiale [...]. le meilleur de la littérature populaire. » Lire-Magazine littéraire« Une fresque foisonnante. » Le Parisien« Un triomphe mérité. » Le Point
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Based on the true history of the uncrowned kings of Sicily: the story of a family, restless and ambitious, shrewd and determined to be richer and more powerful than anybody else. In this grand, sweeping epic inspired by the real lives of history-making titans, international best-selling author Stefania Auci brings to life the dark secrets, the loves and betrayals, and the cruel acts of revenge that marked the Florio family''s century of influence. The Florios arrive in Sicily, with nothing but the clothes on their back after an earthquake destroys their hometown. Against all odds, the family begins anew despite the looming Napoleonic wars and devastating plagues. But when Vincenzo is spurned by his aristocratic lover, he vows to avenge his honor by becoming the wealthiest man in Italy. Sacrificing love and family, he strives to buy what cannot be his by birth. Not to be outdone by the men, the Florio women unapologetically demand their place outside the restraints of caring mothers, alluring lovers, or wounded wives. Giulia, though only a mistress, is fiercely intelligent and runs the empire from the shadows. Angelina, born a bastard, charts her own future against the wishes of her father. In this epic yet intimate tale of power, passion, and revenge, the rise and fall of a family taps into the universal desire to become more than who we are born as.
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Based on the true history of the uncrowned kings of Sicily: the story of a family, restless and ambitious, shrewd and determined to be richer and more powerful than anybody else. In this grand, sweeping epic inspired by the real lives of history-making titans, international best-selling author Stefania Auci brings to life the dark secrets, the loves and betrayals, and the cruel acts of revenge that marked the Florio family's century of influence. The Florios arrive in Sicily, with nothing but the clothes on their back after an earthquake destroys their hometown. Against all odds, the family begins anew despite the looming Napoleonic wars and devastating plagues. But when Vincenzo is spurned by his aristocratic lover, he vows to avenge his honor by becoming the wealthiest man in Italy. Sacrificing love and family, he strives to buy what cannot be his by birth. Not to be outdone by the men, the Florio women unapologetically demand their place outside the restraints of caring mothers, alluring lovers, or wounded wives. Giulia, though only a mistress, is fiercely intelligent and runs the empire from the shadows. Angelina, born a bastard, charts her own future against the wishes of her father. In this epic yet intimate tale of power, passion, and revenge, the rise and fall of a family taps into the universal desire to become more than who we are born as.
