Books like The Sicilian affair by May Mackintosh

Candide: A Tale of Conviviality and Optimism in a Wretched World

Tom Ripley is hired to travel to Italy and persuade a wayward son to return home, but he becomes obsessed with taking the boy’s life, identity and wealth.

An orphaned man falls in love with his cousin's widow after she moves into the manor house.

Michael Corleone returns from a three‑year exile in Sicily to re‑enter America alongside young bandit Salvatore Giuliano, whose reckless acts have upset the Sicilian Mafia.

Kate Connors finds herself drawn to the passionate Sicilian, Giovanni Calverri—an affair that may evolve beyond physical attraction when fate intervenes.

A historical love story set during the English Civil War, spanning decades, featuring the contrasting personalities of Honor Harris and Sir Richard Grenville, and their tragic reunion on the Cornish coast.

Francesco, a notorious Sicilian man, has never believed in second chances. When the wounded Hannah Chapman seeks his help, their dangerous attraction threatens to ignite both heartbreak and salvation.

When a bus‑hopper is fatally shot in a Sicilian piazza, newcomer Detective Captain Bellodi must confront a silent Mafia network while he searches for the truth.

A tale of political intrigue and royal power struggles in 12th-century England, following the rise of rebellious sons against their father and the Pope.

Through the eyes of Henry IV’s youngest son, John of Lancaster, Georgette Heyer portrays the turbulence of late‑14th‑century England, blending court intrigue, warfare, and the personal ambitions of a youthful prince.

Set in the 1860s, The Leopard is the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.

Richard the Lionheart inherits England but must leave to fight for Jerusalem's return, while his family and enemies vied for power and the crown.

An imaginary life is a tale of Ovid's meeting with a feral boy in the Black Sea village during his exile.

Since its creation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This concise history, which covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west to the present day, looks in particular at the difficulties Italy has faced during the last two centuries in forging a nation state. The opening chapters consider the geographical and cultural obstacles to unity, and survey the long centuries of political fragmentation in the peninsula since the sixth century. It was this legacy of fragmentation which Italy's new rulers had to strive to overcome when the country became united, more by accident than design, in 1859-60. The book aims to weave together political, economic, social and cultural history, and stresses in particular the alternation between materialist and idealist programmes for forging a nation state.

A tale of romance and war in 18th-century New York, where a widow must navigate a tumultuous time and choose between two suitors, Loyalist and Patriot, before the war erupts.

A tale of Victorian monarchy and the power struggle between the Queen and her husband, Albert.