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- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Historical, Travelogue
- Era(s): Various
A journey into the heart of Sicily, using art, food, history and literature to shed light on southern Italy’s legacy of political corruption and violent crime. The book takes as its starting point the ongoing trial of seven-times Prime...
Naples ’44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Historical
- Era(s): 1940s
Norman Lewis is one of the least appreciated authors and travel writers fot he last century. The city is liberated in 1944 by the Allies and this book captures the bleakness and futility of war, yet the the true...
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
- Location(s): Pompeii
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 79AD and Modern
Pompeii explodes a number of myths – from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought: the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs: and the legendary number of...
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Modern
Penny Green returned to Italy after a holiday in Australia ready for a challenge. She was looking for a new job and romance, and found work and perhaps love in the toughest Italian city of them all Napoli. Penny...
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast
- Genre(s): Fiction, Novella
- Era(s): Modern
Martin is a 50-something Yorkshireman with a penchant for swearing and making model aircraft in his shed. He also likes football and many years ago when a small, longhaired Argentinian started to play for Napoli FC, Martin became aware...
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast, Positano
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In Michael Lear’s opinion, James Hilldyard is the master of the contemporary novel. Travelling to this genius’ home in Italy, Michael is disappointed when Hilldyard turns down the TV profile he wants to produce, but is bafflingly offered a...
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast
- Era(s): 1939
It’s 1939 and Lily and her American doctor husband James have come to the Amalfi coast in southern Italy in search of a new start. And how could they not be happy in a place where the scenery is...
Street Fight in Naples (A City’s Unseen History)
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Various, 17th century
Naples is always a shock, flaunting beauty and squalor like nowhere else. Naples is the only city in Europe whose ancient past still lives in its irrepressible people. Their ancestors came from all over the early Mediterranean to the...
- Location(s): Sicily
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): Modern
“At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away,” writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat ruined castle in the mountains of Sicily that she stumbles upon one summer while traveling with her husband....
- Location(s): Amalfi Coast
- Genre(s): Romance
- Era(s): 2000s
In this delicious contemporary romance, Carol Grace whisks readers away to Italy’s sunny Amalfi Coast, where whitewashed villas and fragrant lemon trees sit high atop craggy cliffs . . . and romance is always in the air. Ever since...
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