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A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor Publisher Comments The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars. When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances Mayes Publisher Comments Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected treasures at every turn: faded frescos beneath the whitewash in her dining room, a vineyard under wildly... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover 
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A Venetian Affair: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century by Andrea Di Robilant Publisher Comments In the waning days of Venice’s glory in the mid-1700s, Andrea Memmo was scion to one the city’s oldest patrician families. At the age of twenty-four he fell passionately in love with sixteen-year-old Giustiniana Wynne, the beautiful... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Italy: From Revolution to Republic, 1700 to the Present by Spencer M Di Scala About the Author Spencer M. Di Scala is research professor of history and History Graduate Program Director at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of numerous scholarly books and articles on Italian and European politics and culture, serves on the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Scourge & Fire Savonarola & Renaiss by Lauro Martines Publisher Comments A riveting new book about Savonarola, a lowly friar of Renaissance Florence, but also a charismatic preacher and the talk of all Italy in the 1490s when he called for the renewal of a corrupt Church and the purging of vile governments. From the Hardcover... (read more) Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Italian Renaissance by J H Plumb Publisher Comments A definitive overview of Renaissance-era Italy.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Indecent Secrets: The Infamous Murri Murder Affair by Christina Vella Publisher Comments On a hot summer day in Italy in 1902, the brutally stabbed body of Count Francesco Bonmartini was discovered, by means of its decomposing stench, inside his locked apartment. He was a typical Italian provincial aristocrat in all but one way: he had... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.25 Sale - Hardcover
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The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt Staff Pick Once again John Berendt proves he is a powerful magnet for eccentrics. With clever proficiency, Berendt depicts for readers a host of quirky characters, providing an exclusive glimpse into the Venice you won't see as a tourist. Gossipy yet wholly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici by Lauro Martines Publisher Comments One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life here the vibrant--and violent--society of fifteenth-century Florence. His disturbing narrative opens up an entire culture, revealing the dark side of Renaissance man and politician... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val D'Orcia by Caroline Moorehead Publisher Comments Iris Origo was one of those rare characters that, despite being born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, went on to accomplish great things. In Origo?s case, she managed to add light and color to everything she touched and left for posterity... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Italian Politics Today (Politics Today) by Hilary Partridge Publisher Comments This book is a clear and accessible guide to the labyrinth of Italian politics and the social forces that shape them. Following the "sweet revolution" that swept away the political class that had dominated politics in Italy since the last war, Hilary... (read more) List Price $29.25 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Views of Rome by Steven Brooke Publisher Comments An ideal companion to traditional tour guides with 90 illus.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $1.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Publisher Comments Covers the city's history from its origins to its eighteenth century fall. Has sold over 35,000 copies so far. "Will become the standard English work of Venetian history", C P Snow.... (read more) add to wish list |
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Renaissance Florence by Gene Brucker Publisher Comments In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the city of Florence experienced the most creative period in her entire history. This book is an in-depth analysis of that dynamic community, focusing primarily on the years 1380-1450 in an examination of the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Christmas in Italy by Corinne Ross Publisher Comments For All Students Highlights both the unique and the universal in Christmas celebrations in Italy. Traditional customs are explained, and exercises provide students experiences with the customs. Beautifully illustrated in full-color, these texts highlight... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background by Denys Hay Publisher Comments This book provides a clear picture of what the Renaissance was, what it meant and how it spread. His approach is historical, and he shows the Renaissance as a growing and changing series of attitudes and ideas, rooted firmly in the general history of the... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Italy: Antique and Modern Genius (Exploring Countries of the WOR) by Fabio Bourbon Publisher Comments Hundreds of full-color photographs bring to life the spectacular ruins of Roman civilization, the sumptuous art of Renaissance palaces, and the rugged Alpine ranges of Italy. Young armchair travelers will glide through the canals of Venice, feel the... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Italian Days by Barbara Gr Harrison Publisher Comments "Italian Days" is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books written--a journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses readers in a culture which provides the reader with a definition of the good life. "Harrison's wonderful journal... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy by Norman Lewis Publisher Comments As a young intelligence officer stationed in Naples following its liberation from Nazi forces, Norman Lewis recorded the lives of a proud and vibrant people forced to survive on prostitution, thievery, and a desperate belief in miracles and cures. The... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Need to Testify by Iris Origo Publisher Comments Available again in this new edition, Origo's memoir tells the story of four friends, each of whom made various life sacrifices in the fight for non fascist Italy.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.38 Used - Trade Paper
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