{"product_id":"2940169638004","title":"The Revolution of the Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Inspector Montalbano series comes the remarkable account of an exceptional woman who rises to power in seventeenth-century Sicily and brings about sweeping changes that threaten the iron-fisted patriarchy, before being cast out in a coup after only twenty-seven days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSicily, April 16, 1677: From his deathbed, Charles III's viceroy, don Angel de Guzman, marquis of Castel de Roderigo, names his wife, donna Eleonora, as his successor. Eleonora di Mora is a highly intelligent and capable woman who immediately applies her political acumen to heal the scarred soul of Palermo, a city afflicted by poverty, misery, and the frequent uprisings they entail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe marquise implements measures that include lowering the price of bread, reducing taxes for large families, reopening women's care facilities, and establishing stipends for young couples wishing to marryamp;mdash;all measures that were considered seditious by the conservative city fathers and by the Church. The machinations of powerful men soon result as donna Eleonora, whom the Church sees as a dangerous revolutionary, is recalled to Spain. Her rule lasted twenty-seven daysamp;mdash;one cycle of the moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story, Camilleri's gripping and richly imagined novel tells the story of a woman whose courage and political vision is tested at every step by misogyny and reactionary conservatism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098059358448,"sku":"2940169638004","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169638004_p0.jpg?v=1769898009","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169638004","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}