by Matthew Fort
Shelley, Percy, 7, 311
Shetland Islands, 169
Sicilian Vespers rebellion, 279
Sicily, 219–23, 228–9, 250–5, 263–83, 312
Siniscola, 64–6, 147
Slow Food, 15, 22, 35, 99, 128, 204, 206
Smollett, Tobias, 7–8
Sophocles, 275, 277
soppressata di polpo, 24
Sosa, Mercedes, 235
Southwell, Elizabeth, 6
spaghetti
alla strombolana, 184
alle mandorle, 212
con arselle e bottarga, 66
con le sarde, 220
con ricci, 227
Spinelli, Alterio, 176
Stendhal, 128
Stephenson, Robert, 7
Stintino, 80–1, 84, 87, 103, 217
Strabo, 129
stracci, 149
stracotto di guanciale, 9
Strada Adriatica, 290–1
Stromboli, 180–90, 197, 210, 283, 311
Suetonius, 154, 159
Swinburne, A. C., 29
swordfish, 166, 184–5
Tacitus, 28
tagliatelle
alla Sarda, 82–3
con ragù di bue rosso, 96
Talented Mr Ripley, The, 146
Tamburini, Massimo, 292
Taormina, 275–9
Targa Florio, 233
Tattinu, 116
Tavolara, 57–60, 63
Taylor, Elizabeth, 125
Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini (Catania), 246, 275–7
Termoli, 264, 282–3, 291
Terre Shardana, 100, 114–15
Tesoriero, Federica, 108–9
Theodahad, King of the Ostrogoths, 167
Tiberius, Emperor, 149, 154, 159, 176
time, 174–5
Tindari, 134
Tonnino, Alberto, 23, 26
Torcello, 296–7
Trapani, 205, 229, 239–40, 244–6, 250, 254, 256, 262, 271
Tremiti Islands, 263, 284
Tropea, 184
tuna industry, 108–11, 233–5
Turgut Reis, 164
Uley (Gloucestershire), 121
Ustica, 217, 223–8, 311
Utano, Filippo, 183–6
Uziel, Samuel, 9
Vasto, 291
vegetables sott’olio, 100, 114–15
Venice, 294–311
Ventotene, 173, 175–8, 227–8, 284
Ventotene Manifesto, 176–7
Venturi, Anna, 219–20, 281
Verdi, Giuseppe, 135
Verne, Jules, 190
Vespa, Carlo, 185–6, 188–90
Victor Emmanuel II, King, 72, 129
Victoria, Queen, 57
Villa Jovis, 151, 158–9
Villa Krupp (Villa Blaesus), 159–60
Villa Lysis, 151, 158–9
Villa San Giovanni, 264, 283
Villa San Michele, 151, 154
Violetti di Sant’Erasmo (purple artichokes), 308–9
Virgilius, 167
Voltaire, 33
Vulcano, 180, 219
Wagner, Richard, 135
Walton, Sir William, 134
Waterloo, Battle of, 32, 34, 172
Wellington, Duke of, 33
Wilde, Oscar, 154, 157
Wilkes, John, 8
Wilkins, John, 109
Woodhouse, John, 272
Zweig, Stefan, 144, 190, 314
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