Italy Inside Out

5. Women of Sicily: Lives and Legends with Jacqueline Alio

Andrea Aldrich Season 1

Jacqueline Alio, historian, author and guide, returns for a second episode to tell the fascinating and often tragic stories of the women who have influenced the history, myth and religion of Sicily. From the myths of Persephone and Aphrodite, the saints of Agatha and Lucy, the queens of the middle ages and the rebels and heroines of more current history, we hear their stories and learn of the impact they had on the people of Sicily.

Jacqueline's website: http://www.palermoguide.net/
Link to Amazon page for her books: Jacqueline Alio
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