The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 317 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of Orvieto, an ancient city in the less-trodden region of Umbria. Rich with history and a vivid sense of place, her tale is by turns romantic and sensual, joyous and celebratory, as she and her husband search for a home in this city on a hill-finding one that turns out to be the former ballroom of a dilapidated sixteenth-century palazzo. Along the way, de Blasi befriends an array of colorful characters, including cooks and counts and shepherds and a lone violinist, cooking her way into the hearts of her Umbrian neighbors.Brimming with life and kissed by romance, The Lady in the Palazzo perfectly captures the essence of a singular place and offers up a feast-and the recipes to prepare it!-for readers of all stripes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Italy; Cooking, Wine & Dining. ISBN: 1565124731. ISBN/EAN: 9781565124738. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10093. . 9781565124738