The Fire in the Mountain

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The Fire in the Mountain

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-01-4199-684-4

ISBN sin guiones: 9780141996844

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 240

Fecha de publicación: 2027-04-15

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Fire in the Mountain

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-18-3731-369-3

ISBN sin guiones: 9781837313693

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 587

Fecha de publicación: 2026-04-16

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Fire in the Mountain

Editorial: particular_books

ISBN: 978-02-4151-439-9

ISBN sin guiones: 9780241514399

Tipo de cubierta: Hardcover

Páginas: 240

Fecha de publicación: 2026-04-16

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Fire in the Mountain

Editorial: Penguin

ISBN: 978-01-4199-685-1

ISBN sin guiones: 9780141996851

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 240

Fecha de publicación: 2026-04-16

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

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The Fire in the Mountain

Helena Attlee

Primera publicación: 2026-04-16

For centuries, Mount Etna has sent lava to engulf the towns and villages, terraced fields, orchards, vineyards, and citrus groves that nestle across its slopes. But still it remains home to a quarter of Sicily’s population. Why? Because Etna has always rewarded its people after every eruption with a landscape of unparalleled fertility, richness and drama. In this extraordinary new book, Helena Attlee combines travel writing with history, mythology, geology, gastronomy and horticulture to tell a unique story of life in the shadow of Sicily’s most dangerous and alluring landmark. Venturing through lava-strewn fields and pistachio groves patrolled by armed guards; past dusky, basalt-built farmyards, and caves once used to store snow, Attlee gathers tales of the artists, writers, farmers, and scientists who have for centuries been drawn to this unpredictable landscape: from the early Roman, Arabic and Norman settlers, Romantic poets and Victorian geologists, to the local families who live and work there today. It is at once a compelling account of Sicily’s rich and varied past, and a powerful meditation on humanity’s ever-changing relationship with landscape.