Description

On a northern shore in Sicily lies the remains of a castle that once held love, betrayal and jealousy. Julia Mazzini lives within the walls of this desolate yet habited castle. Alongside her sister, brother, father and envious stepmother. When she comes of age for marriage, her father enforces an arranged marriage with the wicked Duke de Luovo - but Julia's heart is already taken.

Will Julia's search for freedom from her father and yearning for her forbidden lover drive her beyond the labyrinth halls of the castle of will she remain oppressed, in fear of her life?

A Sicilian Romance captures Radcliffe's revolutionary style for 18th century Gothic Fiction through entwining terror with romance, leaving readers on their toes as they unwind the secrets and horrors that lie within the prison chambers of the castle.