The Ruby in Her Navel
An idealistic, naive Norman nobleman threatens to founder in twelfth-century Sicily under the weight of his personal love troubles and political intrigues.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN-13
- 9780141032641
- Genre
- FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Political intrigueLove and betrayalMedieval Sicily
Awards
- The Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2006)
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