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a Tuscan childhood

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#256042
Titel	a Tuscan childhood
Auteur	Beevor, KinTa
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London, Penguin
Jaar van uitgave	1995
ISBN10	0140166734
ISBN13	9780140166736
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the 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. Lyrica... (Lees verder)l and witty, A Tuscan Childhood is alive with the timeless splendour of Italy.
Pagina's	271
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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