The Happy Summer Days describes the childhood of Fulco Santostefano della Cerda in Sicily at the beginning of the 19th century, and paints enchanting vignettes of a bygone era—an era of luxurious places, gardens, and parks where the sun always seems to shine. Through the eyes of young Fulco we see the many fascinating characters of his world, including his aloof grandmother, tender mother, adored sister, dashing father, eccentric neighbors, and more. The book is full of good stories and the enchantments of happy childhood, which dissolved forever with the coming of war.
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Fulco Santostefano della Cerda, Duke of Verdura, was born in the 1890s at the Villa Niscemi on the outskirts of Palermo. In this memoir of his idyllic Sicilian childhood, he renders an enchanting portrait of a bygone era of palaces, gardens, and parties. Through the eyes of young Fulco, we meet the many characters who made up his world: the aloof grandmother, tender mother, and adored sister; a host of amusing servants and vigilant governesses; his handsome, dashing father who lived a curious separate existence in the Palazzo Verdura in town; his innumerable eccentric relatives and neighbors; and a menagerie of beloved animals (including a camel). With its reminiscences of fancy-dress parties, of ladies with boas and gentlemen with boaters, of garden parties remembered as a vision of “lace parasols against a background of palm trees and cypresses,” this is a beautiful memoir of childhood and an avowedly indulgent ode to “those golden days.”
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I received this book in 3 days. The story is very interesting especially since I have visited some of the areas in the story. My next trip to visit family I am taking this book for the American speaking members to read, I am anxious to hear their opinion of the story. I and my husband both enjoyed the story.
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