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The Old Masters: Simon Gray
Set in the Villa of I Tatti outside Florence in 1937, under the menacing shadow of Mussolini, Simon Gray's The Old Masters explores the turbulent relationship between the famous art ... More
More Memoirs of an Aesthete: Harold Acton
In this delightful sequel to Memoirs of an Aesthete Harold Acton continues where he left off in 1939. Packed with recollections of the famous personalities he knew such as the ... More
Memoirs of an Aesthete: Harold Acton
In this remarkable book, Harold Acton writes a witty and vivid account of his first thirty-five years of his life from his boyhood among the international colony of dilettanti in ... More
Isabella de'Medici: Caroline P. Murphy
The magnificent, alluring and ultimately tragic life of Isabella, the most brilliant woman of the Medici. More
A Rich Full Death: Michael Dibdin
Florence, 1855. ‘The English are dying too much,’ the Florence police chief observes. And members of the foreign community in this quaint Italian backwater are indeed dying at an alarming ... More