The highest battlements of Castello di San Corvo were suspended in the midnight sky like a stone platform reaching toward the heavens. Constructed in 1180 by the first Norman knights of the House of Corvo, the watchtower was known as the *Torre dell'Aquila*—the Tower of the Eagle. From this vantage point, eight centuries of Sicilian sovereigns had stood watch over the Ionian Sea, scanning the horizon for Saracen galleys, Spanish…
Keep reading in the app
This chapter is in the Booknovel app. Unlock it with coins, a short ad, the free timer or VIP.
Scan with your phone camera
Opens chapter 21 directly. New readers get free coins.