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Queen bee of Tuscany : the redoubtable Janet Ross
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Title
Queen bee of Tuscany : the redoubtable Janet Ross / Ben Downing.
ISBN
9780374239718 (alkaline paper)
0374239711 (alkaline paper)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Physical Description
338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
A portrait of the Victorian-era writer and Anglo-Florentine colony doyenne covers her work for the London "Times," achievements as an avid agriculturalist, and relationships with such contemporaries as Mark Twain and Bernard Berenson.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-317) and index.
Contents
Poggio untoppled
A dynasty of sorts
Successions
Sitti Ross
Intermezzo : the Anglo
Tuscans
La padrona di Castagnolo
Castle Ross
Aunt Janet
Legacies.
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