Blogs in January 1970

The Tuscan Year 1st January 1970

In a green and secret valley in Tuscany, life is firmly moulded by the past. In this beautiful account of traditional life and cooking, Elizabeth Romer introduces the Cerotti family who farm one section of the valley and vividly...

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The Italian Lover 1st January 1970

Margot, book conservator, discovered a manuscript and prints The Sixteen Pleasures by Pietro Aretino, which featured in the prequel to this book. Meanwhile Alan Woody Woodhull pays his guitar at the local Bebop Club while also teaching at the...

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Under the Tuscan Sun 1st January 1970

In this memoir of her buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Frances Mayes reveals the sensual pleasure she found living in rural Italy and the generous spirit she brought with her. She revels in the...

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