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Referenced in passing when Henry describes the golden age of Masala wine production in 19th century Palermo: 'it was like the leopard and they all you know, they had these huge palazzos.' This is a reference to Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's famous novel about Sicilian aristocracy.

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Referenced at the end of the episode with the famous quote 'For everything to stay the same, everything has to change' - used to describe the Queen's approach to monarchy and adaptation. This is the novel Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.

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Called a brilliant book about Italian unification, conservative in nature about anxiety of change