Jeremy Dummett is an expert on the history of Sicily and author of Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily. He read history at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became interested in the history and culture of Italy. His professional career took him to Athens and Milan, where he lived and worked for over twelve years.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsProloguePart I: The Story of PalermoFrom Phoenician Settlement to Modern TimesPanormus, Palermo in AntiquityArab PalermoRoger I, Norman Conqueror of SicilyRoger II, King of Sicily and Southern ItalyThe Last Norman KingsFrederick II, Wonder of the World The Sicilian Vespers The Spanish Domination Nelson and the British Protectorate From Garibaldi to Mussolini Modern Palermo Part II: The Principal MonumentsA Commentary8.The Historic Centre9.Antiquity10.The Norman Era 11.Baroque Palermo12.The Nineteenth Century13.Other Important Monuments NotesFurther ReadingBibliography Chronological TableIndex

Jeremy Dummett is an expert on the history of Sicily and author of Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily. He read history at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became interested in the history and culture of Italy. His professional career took him to Athens and Milan, where he lived and worked for over twelve years.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsProloguePart I: The Story of PalermoFrom Phoenician Settlement to Modern TimesPanormus, Palermo in AntiquityArab PalermoRoger I, Norman Conqueror of SicilyRoger II, King of Sicily and Southern ItalyThe Last Norman KingsFrederick II, Wonder of the World The Sicilian Vespers The Spanish Domination Nelson and the British Protectorate From Garibaldi to Mussolini Modern Palermo Part II: The Principal MonumentsA Commentary8.The Historic Centre9.Antiquity10.The Norman Era 11.Baroque Palermo12.The Nineteenth Century13.Other Important Monuments NotesFurther ReadingBibliography Chronological TableIndex

Jeremy Dummett is an expert on the history of Sicily and author of Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily. He read history at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became interested in the history and culture of Italy. His professional career took him to Athens and Milan, where he lived and worked for over twelve years.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsProloguePart I: The Story of PalermoFrom Phoenician Settlement to Modern TimesPanormus, Palermo in AntiquityArab PalermoRoger I, Norman Conqueror of SicilyRoger II, King of Sicily and Southern ItalyThe Last Norman KingsFrederick II, Wonder of the World The Sicilian Vespers The Spanish Domination Nelson and the British Protectorate From Garibaldi to Mussolini Modern Palermo Part II: The Principal MonumentsA Commentary8.The Historic Centre9.Antiquity10.The Norman Era 11.Baroque Palermo12.The Nineteenth Century13.Other Important Monuments NotesFurther ReadingBibliography Chronological TableIndex