A House in Sicily

Midnight in Sicily: On Art, Food, History, Travel and la Cosa Nostra

Author: Daphne Phelps

The captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the “most beautiful house in Sicily”For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has extended her English charm and warm hospitality to seasoned travelers and professional escapists as well as to writers and artists like Tennessee Williams, Bertrand Russell, Henr….Read More

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