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Als 1677 in Sizilien der Vizekönig an Herzverfettung stirbt, reiben sich die Staatsräte die Hände: endlich sich nach Herzenslust bereichern! Doch sie haben nicht mit der jungen Witwe gerechnet, der unfassbar schönen Eleonora de Moura. Zielstrebig besteigt sie den Thron, und einen Monat lang lehrt sie die Höflinge, die korrupten Adeligen und Pfaffen das Fürchten. Sie hilft den Armen und setzt Reformen durch. Schon feiert das Volk sie als Retterin – da wird sie vom König abberufen. Camilleris neuer Roman erzählt von einer vergessenen Revolutionärin und davon, wie, für einen kurzen Moment in der Geschichte, das Gute möglich schien. In der Vergangenheit des Romans spiegelt sich das Italien der Gegenwart und Camilleris dringende Empfehlung: Lasst die Frauen an die Macht! Die Revolution des Mondes
Wären Frauen an der Macht, wäre dann alles besser?
Nur 27 Tage des Jahres 1677 war Eleonora di Mora Regentin in Sizilien, bis sie durch Intervention des Papstes abberufen wurde. Trotzdem hat sie einiges bewegt. Im Roman von Andrea Camilleri räumt sie vorallem mit weltlichen und kirchlichen Wurdenträgern auf, die mit Korruption, Vergewaltigung und Missbrauch das Volk schikanieren, und man freut sich, wenn das Böse seine gerechte Strafe erhält. Das Buch ist kein Kunstwerk, aber solides Handwerk und es liest sich weg wie Knabbergebäck. Sehr empfehlenswert! Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Recently I was discussing with someone what makes good historical fiction. The kind of historical novels I love most are those that build stories out of footnotes in history to give you a different perspective on a particular time period. There are often little intriguing details you come across in historical accounts which obviously have larger stories to tell. It provides such a tempting jumping off point for an author to fictionally fill in the gaps within history books. Pursuing the question of why these gaps exist is itself an interesting question that can also be explored in the telling. So it’s not surprising that Andrea Camilleri was intrigued by the fact that the widow donna Eleanora became the viceroy of Sicily in 1677 for only twenty seven days after her husband’s death and how there are only a few references to the radical progressive reforms she tried to enact in that short time. He’s built out of this a wonderfully gripping, comic and fascinating tale of a cunning woman who took a position of great power and her struggles amidst the reigning corrupt patriarchy of the time.
Read my full review of The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri on LonesomeReader Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Camilleri is amazing: using the minimal information recorded, he writes a wonderful historical fiction novel about Donna Eleonora di Mora, who governed Sicily as its Viceroy for just one month in 1677, following the death of her husband. She is strikingly beautiful, compassionate, and courageous and does a remarkable job rooting out corruption, bribery, and debauchery among the ruling council and Church. Eleonora brings new laws, helping the poor city and unfortunates, becoming beloved by the people and hated by the powerful, misogynist elite and church leadership, who engineer her dismissal as she serves at the pleasure of the King of Spain. I think Sarterelli could have done more with Eleanora's dialogue, which was often not translated at all, leaving the reader to determine what she said. Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Camilleri= Great Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Empecé a leer este libro sin muchas ganas la verdad, no me apetecía mucho, pero ya que era para un club de lectura decidí darle una oportunidad y me ha sorprendido gratamente, es una lectura fácil y ágil, teniendo en cuenta que es una novela histórica, eso no suele ser lo habitual.
La narrativa de Camilleri me ha gustado mucho, para ser el primer libro que leo del autor, seguramente vuelva a repetir con él, y me encanta el puntito irónico que pone en algunos momentos de la novela. Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller
Por una vez aplaudo a Camilleri no solo por haber sacado a una mujer del olvido también de su oscurantismo!! Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Una buena lectura amena y fluida que fue captando mi interés a medida que avanzaba la trama.
Me ha encantado el personaje de Eleanora, una fusión entre belleza, inteligencia y astucia siempre un paso adelante, fría, calma frente a los problemas que se le presentaban a su paso, además de resaltar su bondad y su justicia tan falto en las épocas donde quienes tienen el poder cometían toda clase de abusos atroces.
Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller El autor se aleja de la novela policíaca para acercarse a la histórica. Basándose en una historia real, la de la mujer que sucede a su marido como virreina de Palermo, Camillieri entreteje una trama de intrigas palaciegas, corrupción y venganza, protagonizada por una mujer fuerte donde las haya, que con su inteligencia es capaz de enfrentarse a las fuerzas vivas de Palermo.
El tono del libro es irónico, satírico, un tanto surrealista, cercano a la parodia en algunos puntos, pero que en vez de desmerecer la historia, la da un toque especial que le hace único. Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Set in Sicily in the 1677, this book is historical fiction based on a real woman who ruled for 27 days. At the time, Sicily was ruled by a Spanish viceroy. When he died, his Royal Council took advantage of the opportunity to enact edicts in their own interests. These are the bad guys of the story. They are thieves, murderers, embezzlers, and pedophiles. They make a brothel out of a home for orphaned girls. Unbeknownst to them, the viceroy has left his wife, Donna Eleanora, in charge. She eventually plays a key role in uncovering their criminal behaviors.
This story is filled with intrigue, exploitation, and corruption. It a farcical story containing both comedic antics and serious topics. The Spanish Inquisition makes an appearance. I particularly liked that it is based on a little-known episode in history. I found it entertaining but a little on the crude side for my taste.
Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller Avrebbero potuto essere quattro le stelle per questo ultimo libro di Camilleri, perché mi è piaciuta l’idea di narrare un fatto scritto nelle cronache della storia siciliana in una o al massimo due righe, e cioè l’incarico di Vicerè svolto per circa un mese nel 1677 da una donna, la vedova del Vicerè don Angel de Guzman, Donna Eleonora di Mora, unico caso di una donna al vertice del potere politico in Sicilia, introducendovi vicende che espressamente richiamano quanto accade oggi: vi troviamo quindi preti pedofili, corruzione, malversazione, ruberìe, avvelenamenti, bunga bunga con “picciotteddre” vestite da suore ci troviamo anche conflitti di competenza tra tribunali, lotte tra poteri, manca solo il legittimo impedimento. Quindi, dicevo, l’idea di Camilleri mi è piaciuta assai, il libro è divertente e si legge in un baleno. Però non mi sono piaciute alcune digressioni nel corso della storia, che avrei preferito si svolgessero come brevi episodi di colore, su cui invece Camilleri si sofferma troppo, con un divertimento (suo) da vecchio satiro, che mi hanno dato fastidio. Avrei preferito che ci si soffermasse di più sulla figura di donna Eleonora, che nei trenta giorni del suo viceregno adottò provvedimenti a favore della popolazione più povera, come la diminuzione delle tasse sulla farina per abbassare il prezzo del pane, oltre che volti ad aiutare concretamente la parte più debole della popolazione, le donne sole, destinate a una fine miserevole sulla strada. Mystery, Literary Fiction, Suspense Thriller