The lady in the palazzo : [large print] at home in Umbria / Marlena de Blasi.
The lady in the palazzo : [large print] at home in Umbria / Marlena de Blasi.
By
:
De Blasi, Marlena.
Publication Date
:
2007
Publication Information
:
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press,
Edition
:
Large print ed.
Physical Description
:
471 p.
Subject Term
:
Large type books.
Geographic Term
:
Orvieto (Italy) -- Description and travel.
Orvieto (Italy) -- Social life and customs.
Summary
:
Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of Orvieto, an ancient city in the less-trodden region of Umbria. Rich with history and a vivid sense of place, her tale is by turns romantic and sensual, joyous and celebratory, as she and her husband search for a home in this city on a hill--finding one that turns out to be the former ballroom of a dilapidated sixteenth-century palazzo. Along the way, de Blasi befriends an array of colorful characters, including cooks and counts and shepherds and a lone violinist, cooking her way into the hearts of her Umbrian neighbors.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780786296712
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Codroy Valley (WCV) | Adult NFic LP | Adult Non-Fiction Large Print | 945.6 D35 | Please Request |