Rome, Naples and Florence
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Description
Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon's armies, and he continued to travel and to live in Italy until a few months before his death. Some of his visits lasted only a few weeks, others continued for years, and he spent the last decade of his life as French Consul in Civitavecchia – yet he was never a tourist in the ordinary sense of the word. Italy, for Stendhal, was never a mere treasure trove of ruins, museums and galleries: it was the life of the country which fascinated him, its spirit, the inner workings of its heart and mind. This picture – or rather this living dream – of Italy he created is as fresh and tantalizing today as it was almost two centuries ago.
Product details
| Published | 01 Mar 2010 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 562 |
| ISBN | 9780714543451 |
| Imprint | Calder Publications |
| Dimensions | 198 x 128 mm |
| Publisher | Alma Books |
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