Book guide
The Leopard
A Sicilian prince watches his world crumble as revolution reaches his doorstep.
GenresLiteraryHistorical
Genre and trope pairingsLiteraryFamily sagaLiterarySocial commentaryHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalClass divideHistoricalFamily saga
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About The Leopard
Set amid Sicily’s political upheaval during Italian unification, The Leopard follows Prince Fabrizio of Salina as his aristocratic family confronts a new social order. Elegant and melancholy, it captures the fading splendour of an old class and the compromises required to survive change.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- infidelity
- classism
- sexism
- war
- gun violence
- gore
- terminal illness
- animal death
