Sardinia

Name: Sardinia
Brand: Holo Books The Arbitration Press

Holo Books The Arbitration Press

SardiniaWomen, History, Books and Places\nAuthor(s): Susanna Hoe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Holo Books The Arbitration Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Holo Books The Arbitration Press\nISBN-13: 9781919631806, 978-1919631806\nSynopsis\nMarianna Bussalai, the poet and anti-Fascist activist of the Barbagia region, wrote that she felt humiliated at school 'wondering why, in the history of Italy, Sardinia was never mentioned. I deduced that Sardinia was not Italty and had to have a separate history'. It is not surprising that islands tend to be different from the country to which they are in some way attached. But Sardinia's personality differs even more from that of Italy than one might expect. This book explores that difference through the island's women. Sardinia has been inhabited for longer than many European countries; of its earlier peoples, the best-known are the pre-historic Nuraghic. The hundreds of tall and mysterious megalithic towers which still grace the landscape are th.