Grandiose, scale novel based on history of really existing influential family on Sicily, and полюбившийся to thousands of readers not only for a keen narration but also for the amazingly passed spirit of Sicilian life on the border of two centuries.In 1799 after an earthquake on Calabria family of Флорио move to Palermo. Two brothers, Paolo and Иньяцио, begin to build the empire in far most not hospitable city. Vital difficulties and changeability of the surrounding world inspire enterprising brothers to search new motions and think of technologies. And after time of Флорио become those, who manages all, what Sicily is so rich in : by spices, fabrics, wine, tuna and steamships.It is history about force and passion, about revenge and hard work, when flight and falling refresh oneself a desire to be something much more."History about love, dreams, treachery and persistent labour in a novel complete vital vibrations". - Marie Claire