The silent duchess

Description:

In early 18th century Sicily, noblewoman Marianna Ucrìa is trapped in a world of silence after a terrible childhood trauma left her deaf and mute. Married off to a lecherous uncle, she struggles to educate and elevate herself against all convention—and find her true place in a world that sees her as little more than property.

subjects: Sexual abuse victims,  Deaf,  Fiction,  Child sexual abuse,  Economic conditions,  Social conditions,  Nobility,  Women,  Italy, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, historical, general,  Adelsfamilie,  Gehörlose Frau,  Young women,  History

Places: Sicily,  Italy,  Sicily (Italy),  Sizilien

Times: 1700-1735