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The Sky Of Nadira
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The Sky Of Nadira
Giovanni Mongiovì
Sicily, 11th century. Nadira is an innocent girl of Berber origins, who lives with submission the impositions of her brother; for examples when he told her that she will have to become one of the wives of the emir of her city. However, his eyes are something strange and bewitching that they attract the attention of more than one pretender. Soon the fame of a curse spreads: men who meet his gaze cannot help but desire and try to have it. The very eyes of Nadira, and that boundless sky that they remember, will be the cause of the outbreak of the last war that the Muslim Sicily will experience. Meanwhile, the de Hauteville brothers, fearsome Norman warriors, are waiting to take advantage of any pretext, so that they can cross the sea in order to begin a crusade against the Moors.
”Can there really exist something so extraordinarily irresistible and cursed as to irreparably shake the desires of those who watch it?” Nadira's atypical blue eyes seem to prove that this is the case.
Sicily, 11th century. We are in the latest period of Arab domination: the emirs of the main cities of the island are fighting a war between each other and the Christian forces are waiting for an excuse to intervene so as to undertake their holy war against the Muslim enemy. Nadira is an innocent Berber girl who lives with submission the impositions of her brother; like when he told her that she will have to become one of the wives of the emir of her city. However, her eyes are something strange and bewitching that attract the attention of more than one pretender. Soon the fame of a curse spreads: men who meet his gaze cannot help but they desire and try to have it. The very eyes of Nadira, and that boundless sky that they remember, will be the cause of the outbreak of the last war that Muslim Sicily will ever experience. Meanwhile, the de Hauteville brothers, fearsome Norman warriors, are waiting to take advantage of any pretext, so that they can cross the sea in order to begin a crusade against the Moors. Corrado, a Norman too, moves in all of this, but raised among Sicilian Christians. His ambition is boundless and his revenge against Muslim rulers stronger than common sense. Corrado's fate will eventually cross with the ”sky of Nadira” and with the mystery that hides behind the nature of those eyes. But only if he can reveal what binds a man's heart to the desire that subjects him to evil, he will be able to overcome the danger that Nadira's beauty represents. The war is still raging, which has now become a clash of cultures and religions, when the fragile sprout of tolerance begins to emerge from the ground of hatred ... hope cured by those who have been able to put their soul's concerns in order. A multicultural setting, a story told from all perspectives, an objective story with a current flavour, a novel that lovers of adventure historical fiction cannot ignore.
Giovanni Mongiovì
THE SKY OF NADIRA
Regnum
On the cover: Luana’s eyes (with courtesy);
A norman shield, Athens, Museum of war.
giovannimongiovi.com (http://giovannimongiovi.com)
Copyright © 2019 - Giovanni Mongiovì
Copyright © 2020 - Arianna Raimondi (translator)
I don't need to write something indescribable,
that try without success the description of the immensely perfect,
the awareness I am raising is already poetry,
the highest and pure, written by intangible hands,
conceived by an excellent mind,
inspired by a huge heart;
my love, we ended up in the art of God:
"that one being loves another with ever more indissoluble love".
That I love you more every day ...
To Valentina and Tommaso ... lustru dê me òcchii ...
Summary
Introduction 6
PART I – THE STRANGER TIED TO THE POLE 7
Chapter 1 8
Chapter 2 12
Chapter 3 18
Chapter 4 20
Chapter 5 22
Chapter 6 26
Chapter 7 33
Chapter 8 35
Chapter 9 40
Chapter 10 45
Chapter 11 48
Chapter 12 52
Chapter 13 58
Chapter 14 62
PART II – THE WAR OF THE QĀ’IDS 67
Chapter 15 68
Chapter 16 72
Chapter 17 76
Chapter 18 79
Chapter 19 82
Chapter 20 86
Chapter 21 89
PART III – THE TRUCE OF MUḤARRAM 91
Chapter 22 92
Chapter 23 98
Giovanni Mongiovì
Sicily, 11th century. Nadira is an innocent girl of Berber origins, who lives with submission the impositions of her brother; for examples when he told her that she will have to become one of the wives of the emir of her city. However, his eyes are something strange and bewitching that they attract the attention of more than one pretender. Soon the fame of a curse spreads: men who meet his gaze cannot help but desire and try to have it. The very eyes of Nadira, and that boundless sky that they remember, will be the cause of the outbreak of the last war that the Muslim Sicily will experience. Meanwhile, the de Hauteville brothers, fearsome Norman warriors, are waiting to take advantage of any pretext, so that they can cross the sea in order to begin a crusade against the Moors.
”Can there really exist something so extraordinarily irresistible and cursed as to irreparably shake the desires of those who watch it?” Nadira's atypical blue eyes seem to prove that this is the case.
Sicily, 11th century. We are in the latest period of Arab domination: the emirs of the main cities of the island are fighting a war between each other and the Christian forces are waiting for an excuse to intervene so as to undertake their holy war against the Muslim enemy. Nadira is an innocent Berber girl who lives with submission the impositions of her brother; like when he told her that she will have to become one of the wives of the emir of her city. However, her eyes are something strange and bewitching that attract the attention of more than one pretender. Soon the fame of a curse spreads: men who meet his gaze cannot help but they desire and try to have it. The very eyes of Nadira, and that boundless sky that they remember, will be the cause of the outbreak of the last war that Muslim Sicily will ever experience. Meanwhile, the de Hauteville brothers, fearsome Norman warriors, are waiting to take advantage of any pretext, so that they can cross the sea in order to begin a crusade against the Moors. Corrado, a Norman too, moves in all of this, but raised among Sicilian Christians. His ambition is boundless and his revenge against Muslim rulers stronger than common sense. Corrado's fate will eventually cross with the ”sky of Nadira” and with the mystery that hides behind the nature of those eyes. But only if he can reveal what binds a man's heart to the desire that subjects him to evil, he will be able to overcome the danger that Nadira's beauty represents. The war is still raging, which has now become a clash of cultures and religions, when the fragile sprout of tolerance begins to emerge from the ground of hatred ... hope cured by those who have been able to put their soul's concerns in order. A multicultural setting, a story told from all perspectives, an objective story with a current flavour, a novel that lovers of adventure historical fiction cannot ignore.
Giovanni Mongiovì
THE SKY OF NADIRA
Regnum
On the cover: Luana’s eyes (with courtesy);
A norman shield, Athens, Museum of war.
giovannimongiovi.com (http://giovannimongiovi.com)
Copyright © 2019 - Giovanni Mongiovì
Copyright © 2020 - Arianna Raimondi (translator)
I don't need to write something indescribable,
that try without success the description of the immensely perfect,
the awareness I am raising is already poetry,
the highest and pure, written by intangible hands,
conceived by an excellent mind,
inspired by a huge heart;
my love, we ended up in the art of God:
"that one being loves another with ever more indissoluble love".
That I love you more every day ...
To Valentina and Tommaso ... lustru dê me òcchii ...
Summary
Introduction 6
PART I – THE STRANGER TIED TO THE POLE 7
Chapter 1 8
Chapter 2 12
Chapter 3 18
Chapter 4 20
Chapter 5 22
Chapter 6 26
Chapter 7 33
Chapter 8 35
Chapter 9 40
Chapter 10 45
Chapter 11 48
Chapter 12 52
Chapter 13 58
Chapter 14 62
PART II – THE WAR OF THE QĀ’IDS 67
Chapter 15 68
Chapter 16 72
Chapter 17 76
Chapter 18 79
Chapter 19 82
Chapter 20 86
Chapter 21 89
PART III – THE TRUCE OF MUḤARRAM 91
Chapter 22 92
Chapter 23 98
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