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Lords and ladies of the Italian lakes

Lords and ladies of the Italian lakes

Edgcumbe Staley

Paperback

AnthropologyFiction AnthologiesItalian History

ISBN10: 9353607590
ISBN13: 9789353607593
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 10 2019
Pages: 466
Weight: 1.29
Height: 1.04 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Beneath the glittering surfaces of the great northern Italian lakes lie centuries of intrigue, devotion and dynastic power. History shimmers on these waters. In Lords and Ladies of the Italian Lakes, Edgcumbe Staley traces the rise and fall of Italian nobility families along these shores, creating at once an Italian lakes history book and a finely drawn historical travelogue of Italy. Moving from legendary villas of Lake Como to palaces and gardens across the wider Italian lakes region, he sketches salons, scandals and loyalties that shaped European courts, reading almost as a collective European aristocracy biography told through place. The result is rich with stories of Italian aristocracy, Renaissance Italian nobility and the long afterglow of the Grand Tour. Written in the early twentieth century, Staley blends keen observation with romantic sensibility to create a distinctive historical travel portrait of a world on the cusp of change. This volume is as rewarding for lovers of Italy and grand tour Italy readers as for students of Italian lakes region history or Italian villa architecture lovers. It is ideal as an armchair travel Italy book, evoking shimmering light, cypresses and stone terraces while always returning to the people whose lives animated these landscapes. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint, a collector's item and a cultural treasure, this heritage edition appeals equally to casual travellers, historians of culture and collectors of classic European travel writing.

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