A grand, sweeping novel set in early 19th C, the brilliant best-selling Sicilian novelist Stefania Auci, unfolds the true story of the Florio family of Sicily.

With Toshi Yoshihara, senior fellow, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments & one of America’s leading Naval strategists

With Ed Kronenburg, former Dutch Ambassador to China

With Francesco Stanislao Parisi, CEO, Francesco Parisi Group, Trieste, Italy

With , Nicolas Michelon, Editor-Asiapowerwatch.com

With , George Magnus, Research Associate China Centre, Oxford University, and School of Oriental and African Studies, London