Blogs in September 2020

Salzburg: City of Culture 24th September 2020

Situated in the shadow of the Eastern Alps, Salzburg is known for its majestic baroque architecture, music, cathedrals, gardens. The city grew in power and wealth as the seat of prince-bishops, found international fame as the birthplace of the...

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Churchill’s Britain 8th September 2020

More than half a century after his death, Winston Churchill, the most significant British statesman of the twentieth century, continues to intrigue us. Peter Clark’s book, however, is not merely another Churchill biography. Churchill’s Britain takes us on a...

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Venice 5th September 2020

With this treasury of his time spent in Venice over a period of fifty-five years, Nooteboom makes himself the indispensable companion for all lovers of “the sailing, amphibious city”, and for every new visitor. Because he is a master...

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Hemingway in Italy 4th September 2020

Hemingway is most often associated with Spain, Cuba and Florida, but Italy was equally important in his life and work. This book tells how, throughout his life, he visited Sicily, Genoa, Rapallo, Cortina in the Italian Alps, again and...

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Borges in Sicily 4th September 2020

When Alejandro Luque receives a book of photographs of the Argentinian writer, essayist and poet Luis Borges, taken in Sicily, he decides to trace the writer s journey, setting off with a group of friends on his own Sicilian...

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