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A Tuscan Childhood

A Tuscan Childhood

Beevor, Kinta

Paperback

Series: Vintage Departures

Biographies GeneralItalyItalian History

ISBN10: 0375704264
ISBN13: 9780375704260
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Feb 8 2000
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.03
Language: English
The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between World War I and World War II.

When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kinta and her brother explored the glorious countryside, participated in the region's many seasonal rites and rituals, and came to know and love the charming, resilient Italian people. With the coming of World War II the family had to leave Aulla; years later, though, Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt their lives. Lyrical and witty, A Tuscan Childhood is alive with the timeless splendour of Italy.

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