Italy category: 3604 books
by Caroline P. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2008
In Murder of a Medici Princess Caroline Murphy illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of Isabella de Medici one of the brightest stars in the dazzling world of Renaissance Italy the daughter of Duke Cosimo I ruler of Florence and Tuscany. Murphy is a superb storyteller and her fast-paced...
by Thomas Connelly
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Corsica, the French island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast of France and west of Italy. Corsica was "often conquered, never subdued" and has been successively Pisan and Genovese but has been French since 1768 and it enjoys a special constitutional...
Galateo
Or, The Rules of Polite Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
“Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mortal life, and loving you so very much as I do, I have proposed to myself—as one who has been many places—to show you those places in life where,...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME ON EARTH
Discover Venice & the Veneto with this comprehensive, entertaining, 'tell it like it is' Rough Guide, packed with exhaustive practical information and our experts' honest independent recommendations.
Whether you plan to explore the world's first Ghetto,...
Venice & The Veneto
Updated Chapter from Blue Guide Northern Italy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Detailed, meticulously researched guide to a region that stretches from Venice in the east to the shores of Lake Garda and the wine region of Valpolicella; from the ski resorts of the Dolomites to the fertile delta of the Po. Authoritative and accessible, with a focus on art, architecture, history...
by Enrico Massetti
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
The use of fresh ingredients in Italian cooking seems to put the UK and the USA to shame. The joy of eating fresh tomatoes and excellent olive oil is without equal. It’s hard to travel anywhere in Italy without also enjoying the fine wines that are on offer. Drinking wine with a meal is very much...
Ex Voto (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
An Account of the Sacro Monte Or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
This 1888 volume showcased Butler's encyclopedic knowledge of the art of Northern Italy and helped acquaint a wide English readership with the art of Tabachetti and Gaudenzio Ferrari at Varallo.
The Ancient Shore
Dispatches from Naples
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. The Ancient Shore collects the best of Hazzard’s writings on Naples, along with a classic New Yorker essay by...
by Anna Maria Ortese
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
"A major inspiration for Elena Ferrante."—The New York Times
A riveting classic of European literature, this superb collection of fiction and reportage is set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis—Naples—in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These writings...
by Frank De Saedeleer
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Cinque Terre used to be one of Italy’s best kept secrets. 5 villages – Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola and Riomaggiore – that are interconnected only by a railroad and a hiking trail - the Sentiero Azzurro. This e-book contains my personal advice and experience about Cinque Terre and its surroundings, with helpful maps and hikes all together in the same place.
Rome Travel Guide
The Ultimate Rome, Italy Tourist Trip Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Rome may not be built in a day, however one can unquestionably fall in love with the beauty of the city in a single day. The magnificence, glory, history, architecture will make the beholder travel through time and live in the era of greatness. The echoes of Roman Empire can still be heard in the...
by Enrico Massetti
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
This is a guide to a multi-days trip in the Alsp and lakes of Northern Italy. It starts from Turin, then it goes to Aosta, Courmayeur and the Aosta Valley. It goes then to the lakes region, touching Orta Lake, Stresa on Lake Maggiore, driving on the west coast of the lake with a visit to Villa Taranto,...
Florence & Pisa Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Florence (Firenze) is Tuscany’s capital and was once Italy’s capital. The city is known for its importance during the Renaissance between the 14th and 17th centuries. Today Florence offers stunning artwork, galleries, manicured gardens, winding streets and delightful waterfront shops. Pisa...
The Complete Travel Books of William Dean Howells: Travel Memoirs & Reports from Traveling Across Europe (Illustrated)
Venetian Life, Italian Journeys, Roman Holidays and Others, Suburban Sketches, Familiar Spanish Travels, A Little Swiss Sojourn, London Films & Seven English Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Travel Books of William Dean Howells: Travel Memoirs & Reports from Traveling Across Europe (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Extract: "Nothing can be fairer to the eye than...