Results for: books tagged ‘Italy’
20th-Century Italian Poems: Jamie McKendrick
Italy has produced some of the most inventive and controversial poetry of the past one hundred years. In this new anthology, all the major Italian poets of the early part ... More
Venice: Jan Morris
The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city.'Entertaining, ironical, witty, high spirited and appreciative . . . Both melancholy and gay ... More
Hawkwood: Frances Stonor Saunders
The hugely acclaimed, bestselling life of John Hawkwood, one of the outstanding figures of English and European history.'[Hawkwood] not only tells the story of the fourteenth century's brashest and most ... More
The Dark Heart of Italy: Tobias Jones
In 1999 Tobias Jones emigrated to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors. Instead, he discovered a country riven by skulduggery, where crime is ... More
Zen Omnibus: Michael Dibdin
Michael Dibdin (1947-2007) was the creator of the brilliantly evocative Italian crime series featuring the irascible Aurelio Zen. This omnibus offers excellent value and is a great holiday read or ... More
The Bourbons of Naples (17341825): Harold Acton
Naples is one of Europe’s most fascinating cities and the ruling dynasty which left its mark more than any other was that of the Bourbons, who arrived in 1734 and ... More
Allegro Postillions: Jonathan Keates
Massacre and revolution in the mountains of Calabria, passion and betrayal in a Venetian opera house, a web of baffled desire spun during a summer in Verona, a world where ... More
The Last Medici: Harold Acton
In his remarkable account of the last Medici, famous aesthete and historian Harold Acton (1904-1994) takes up the causes which led to the disappearance of a house which has left ... More
The White War: Mark Thompson
One of the most critically-acclaimed history books of last year. The first narrative history in English of the Italian front: a major forgotten conflict of the First World War. More
The Irish Signorina: Julia O'Faolain
Julia O’Faolain’s subtle, seductively plotted novel weaves together Ireland and Italy, romantic love and mystery ... The invitation to visit the Cavalcantis at their family villa in Tuscany arrived quite ... More
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