Florence Italy Books | Summaries & Audio

The House of Medici

by Christopher Hibbert • 1975

Why Florence's uncrowned kings were bankers who built the Renaissance and survived assassination.

3.87

9k+

🏛️ Renaissance Italy 🌺 Florentine History 🏦 Banking Dynasties

The House of Medici 90%

Why Florence's uncrowned kings were bankers who built the Renaissance and survived assassination.

by Christopher Hibbert 1975

3.87

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Italy 🌺 Florentine History 🏦 Banking Dynasties

Leonardo and the Last Supper

by Ross King • 2012

Leonardo almost refused the mural. He painted it with a doomed technique. It became immortal anyway.

3.93

3k+

🎨 Renaissance Art 🖼️ High Renaissance 🖌️ Art Technique

Leonardo and the Last Supper 89%

Leonardo almost refused the mural. He painted it with a doomed technique. It became immortal anyway.

by Ross King 2012

3.93

3k+ ratings

🎨 Renaissance Art 🖼️ High Renaissance 🖌️ Art Technique

Venice

by Jan Morris • 1960

Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.

4.03

2k+

📖 Travel Literature 🇮🇹 Venetian History 🏛️ Urban Portraiture

Venice 89%

Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.

by Jan Morris 1960

4.03

2k+ ratings

📖 Travel Literature 🇮🇹 Venetian History 🏛️ Urban Portraiture

The Medici

by Paul Strathern • 2003

A banking family bankrolled the Renaissance, made popes and queens, and ruled Florence from shadow.

4.10

5k+

🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy 👑 Dynastic History 🎨 Art Patronage

The Medici 88%

A banking family bankrolled the Renaissance, made popes and queens, and ruled Florence from shadow.

by Paul Strathern 2003

4.10

5k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy 👑 Dynastic History 🎨 Art Patronage

Medici Money

by Tim Parks • 2005

The Medici built a throne from double-entry ledgers, papal loans, and strategic art patronage.

3.60

1k+

🏛️ Renaissance Italy 👑 Medici Family 🏦 Medieval Banking

Medici Money 88%

The Medici built a throne from double-entry ledgers, papal loans, and strategic art patronage.

by Tim Parks 2005

3.60

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Italy 👑 Medici Family 🏦 Medieval Banking

Brunelleschi's Dome

by Ross King • 1999

A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.

3.91

28k+

🏛️ Architectural History 🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy ⚙️ Engineering Feats

Brunelleschi's Dome 88%

A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.

by Ross King 1999

3.91

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Architectural History 🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy ⚙️ Engineering Feats

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior

by Paul Strathern • 2009

Da Vinci, Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia: the moment their lives collided and the modern world began.

3.97

1k+

🎨 Italian Renaissance 🏛️ Renaissance Politics 👥 Group Biography

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior 88%

Da Vinci, Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia: the moment their lives collided and the modern world began.

by Paul Strathern 2009

3.97

1k+ ratings

🎨 Italian Renaissance 🏛️ Renaissance Politics 👥 Group Biography

Adriatic

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2022

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

3.61

888

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Adriatic 88%

Where empires and religions mixed for centuries, Europe's post-national future is already written.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2022

3.61

888 ratings

🏛️ Mediterranean History ✍️ Travel Writing 🌍 Geopolitics

Florenzer

by Phil Melanson • 2025

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

3.83

1k+

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist

Florenzer 88%

Florence, 1478: Leonardo hides forbidden desires as the Medici brothers walk into a conspiracy.

by Phil Melanson 2025

3.83

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Florence 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🎨 Artist Protagonist

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy

by Michael Baxandall • 1972

Art appreciation in 15th-century Italy began with a contract and a barrel-gauging formula.

3.95

3k+

🏛️ Social History Of Art 🎨 Italian Renaissance Art 💰 Art Patronage

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy Summary

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy 88%

Art appreciation in 15th-century Italy began with a contract and a barrel-gauging formula.

by Michael Baxandall 1972

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Social History Of Art 🎨 Italian Renaissance Art 💰 Art Patronage

Love & Gelato

by Jenna Evans Welch • 2016

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

4.02

190k+

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love

Love & Gelato 87%

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

by Jenna Evans Welch 2016

4.02

190k+ ratings

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love

City of Echoes

by Jessica Wärnberg • 2023

Rome's popes: from a fisherman's grave to global power, the 2,000-year struggle for supremacy.

3.60

🏛️ Papal History 🎖️ Papal Authority ⚔️ Church-State Conflict

City of Echoes 87%

Rome's popes: from a fisherman's grave to global power, the 2,000-year struggle for supremacy.

by Jessica Wärnberg 2023

3.60

78 ratings

🏛️ Papal History 🎖️ Papal Authority ⚔️ Church-State Conflict

The Pillars of Hercules

by Paul Theroux • 1995

A solo lap of the Mediterranean finds not postcards but war, sewage, and kindness in between.

3.96

5k+

🛶 Mediterranean Travel 📝 Travel Writing 🥾 Off The Beaten Path

The Pillars of Hercules 87%

A solo lap of the Mediterranean finds not postcards but war, sewage, and kindness in between.

by Paul Theroux 1995

3.96

5k+ ratings

🛶 Mediterranean Travel 📝 Travel Writing 🥾 Off The Beaten Path

Becoming Leonardo

by Mike Lankford • 2017

Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.

4.00

320

🏛️ Italian Renaissance 🧠 Psychobiography ✍️ Creative Process

Becoming Leonardo 87%

Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.

by Mike Lankford 2017

4.00

320 ratings

🏛️ Italian Renaissance 🧠 Psychobiography ✍️ Creative Process

A Room with a View

by E.M. Forster • 1908

A kiss in a violet field forces an Englishwoman to choose: a cold engagement or a risky truth.

3.89

203k+

👒 Edwardian Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🌍 Awakening Abroad

A Room with a View 87%

A kiss in a violet field forces an Englishwoman to choose: a cold engagement or a risky truth.

by E.M. Forster 1908

3.89

203k+ ratings

👒 Edwardian Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🌍 Awakening Abroad

Only in Naples

by Katherine Wilson • 2015

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

3.74

2k+

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life

Only in Naples 87%

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

by Katherine Wilson 2015

3.74

2k+ ratings

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life

Language Hacking Italian

by Benny Lewis • 2016

Real Italian conversations, not grammar drills. Build a personal script and start speaking today.

4.02

🟢 Italian For Beginners 🗣️ Language Learning 💬 Conversational Fluency

Language Hacking Italian 87%

Real Italian conversations, not grammar drills. Build a personal script and start speaking today.

by Benny Lewis 2016

4.02

42 ratings

🟢 Italian For Beginners 🗣️ Language Learning 💬 Conversational Fluency

The Book of the Courtier

by Baldassare Castiglione • 1528

The Renaissance guide to making everything look effortless, and why that wins the prince's ear.

3.62

3k+

📜 Courtesy Books 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism 👑 Mirrors For Princes

The Book of the Courtier 87%

The Renaissance guide to making everything look effortless, and why that wins the prince's ear.

by Baldassare Castiglione 1528

3.62

3k+ ratings

📜 Courtesy Books 🏛️ Renaissance Humanism 👑 Mirrors For Princes

The Tigress of Forlì

by Elizabeth Lev • 2011

Seven months pregnant, she seized a papal fortress and held the Vatican hostage for eleven days.

4.07

3k+

🏛️ Renaissance Italy ⚔️ Women Warriors 🗡️ Court Intrigue

The Tigress of Forlì 86%

Seven months pregnant, she seized a papal fortress and held the Vatican hostage for eleven days.

by Elizabeth Lev 2011

4.07

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Renaissance Italy ⚔️ Women Warriors 🗡️ Court Intrigue

An Inside Job

by Daniel Silva • 2025

A lagoon body pulls a retired spy into a Vatican conspiracy over a lost Leonardo.

4.40

28k+

🎨 Art World Thriller ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🖼️ Lost Masterpiece

An Inside Job 86%

A lagoon body pulls a retired spy into a Vatican conspiracy over a lost Leonardo.

by Daniel Silva 2025

4.40

28k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Thriller ⛪ Vatican Intrigue 🖼️ Lost Masterpiece

Made in Italy

by Giorgio Locatelli • 2006

A fight for real Italian food: protecting the inner bite of pasta and the shared table.

4.35

368

🍽️ Culinary Memoir 🇮🇹 Regional Italian 🐌 Slow Food Movement

Made in Italy 86%

A fight for real Italian food: protecting the inner bite of pasta and the shared table.

by Giorgio Locatelli 2006

4.35

368 ratings

🍽️ Culinary Memoir 🇮🇹 Regional Italian 🐌 Slow Food Movement

The View From Lake Como

by Adriana Trigiani • 2025

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

3.80

36k+

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The View From Lake Como 86%

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

by Adriana Trigiani 2025

3.80

36k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Villa Coco

by Andrew Sean Greer • 2026

A naive American catalogs a Tuscan villa's art for a baronessa who wanted a blond Englishman.

3.72

6k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🖼️ Art Forgery 🌈 Gay Awakening

Villa Coco 86%

A naive American catalogs a Tuscan villa's art for a baronessa who wanted a blond Englishman.

by Andrew Sean Greer 2026

3.72

6k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🖼️ Art Forgery 🌈 Gay Awakening

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell • 2022

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

4.01

206k+

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage

The Marriage Portrait 86%

A Renaissance duchess, discovering her husband's intent to kill her, must flee his fortress by dawn.

by Maggie O'Farrell 2022

4.01

206k+ ratings

🎨 Renaissance Italy 💔 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dangerous Marriage

The Lost Painting

by Jonathan Harr • 2005

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

3.87

36k+

🖼️ Lost Masterpieces 🎨 Caravaggio 🔍 Provenance Research

The Lost Painting 86%

A lost Caravaggio, a Dublin Jesuit home, and the restorer who trusted his eye.

by Jonathan Harr 2005

3.87

36k+ ratings

🖼️ Lost Masterpieces 🎨 Caravaggio 🔍 Provenance Research

Making Democracy Work

by Robert D. Putnam • 1992

When Italy gave its regions identical governments, only those with ancient civic roots succeeded.

3.87

868

🏛️ Social Capital 🧩 Collective Action 🌍 Comparative Politics

Making Democracy Work 86%

When Italy gave its regions identical governments, only those with ancient civic roots succeeded.

by Robert D. Putnam 1992

3.87

868 ratings

🏛️ Social Capital 🧩 Collective Action 🌍 Comparative Politics

Cooking with Nonna

by Rossella Rago • 2017

100 Italian grandmother recipes. Pasta that forgives, sauce that remembers, cannoli worth the mess.

4.44

150

🍷 Italian Home Cooking 🗺️ Regional Italian Cuisine 👵 Family Recipes

Cooking with Nonna 86%

100 Italian grandmother recipes. Pasta that forgives, sauce that remembers, cannoli worth the mess.

by Rossella Rago 2017

4.44

150 ratings

🍷 Italian Home Cooking 🗺️ Regional Italian Cuisine 👵 Family Recipes

History of Beauty

by Umberto Eco • 2004

Beauty was never absolute. Every era invents its own: from sacred light to industrial symmetry.

3.82

68k+

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Western Art History 💎 Concept Of Beauty

History of Beauty 86%

Beauty was never absolute. Every era invents its own: from sacred light to industrial symmetry.

by Umberto Eco 2004

3.82

68k+ ratings

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 🏛️ Western Art History 💎 Concept Of Beauty

Machiavelli

by Quentin Skinner • 1981

A Florentine diplomat lost his job, then wrote the rules of power that still scandalize.

3.84

942

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy 🎭 Political Realism

Machiavelli 86%

A Florentine diplomat lost his job, then wrote the rules of power that still scandalize.

by Quentin Skinner 1981

3.84

942 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy 🎭 Political Realism

The Secret Supper

by Javier Sierra • 2007

A Dominican sent to decode da Vinci's Last Supper finds his anonymous informant is staging murders.

3.46

7k+

🎨 Art History Thriller ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 🔥 Cathar Heresy

The Secret Supper 86%

A Dominican sent to decode da Vinci's Last Supper finds his anonymous informant is staging murders.

by Javier Sierra 2007

3.46

7k+ ratings

🎨 Art History Thriller ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 🔥 Cathar Heresy

Hotel Portofino

by J.P. O'Connell • 2022

An Englishwoman's Riviera hotel harbors guests with secrets as fascism rises in 1920s Italy.

3.31

5k+

📺 Ensemble Period Drama 🇮🇹 Italian Riviera 🖼️ Art Theft

Hotel Portofino 86%

An Englishwoman's Riviera hotel harbors guests with secrets as fascism rises in 1920s Italy.

by J.P. O'Connell 2022

3.31

5k+ ratings

📺 Ensemble Period Drama 🇮🇹 Italian Riviera 🖼️ Art Theft

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

by Marcella Hazan • 1976

The best Italian cooking was never invented in a restaurant. Three techniques unlock the rest.

4.07

26k+

🇮🇹 Regional Italian Cooking 🏠 Italian Home Cooking 🧱 Flavor Building

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking Summary

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking 86%

The best Italian cooking was never invented in a restaurant. Three techniques unlock the rest.

by Marcella Hazan 1976

4.07

26k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Regional Italian Cooking 🏠 Italian Home Cooking 🧱 Flavor Building

The Swerve

by Stephen Greenblatt • 2011

One manuscript, hunted across monasteries, reintroduced a dangerous idea: the soul is mortal.

3.87

35k+

💡 History Of Ideas 🖼️ Renaissance Humanism 🏛️ Classical Recovery

The Swerve 86%

One manuscript, hunted across monasteries, reintroduced a dangerous idea: the soul is mortal.

by Stephen Greenblatt 2011

3.87

35k+ ratings

💡 History Of Ideas 🖼️ Renaissance Humanism 🏛️ Classical Recovery

Gomorrah

by Roberto Saviano • 2006

Camorra bosses control the factories, ports, and supply chains that dress Europe.

3.80

23k+

🧠 Organized Crime 🪙 Illicit Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Gomorrah 86%

Camorra bosses control the factories, ports, and supply chains that dress Europe.

by Roberto Saviano 2006

3.80

23k+ ratings

🧠 Organized Crime 🪙 Illicit Economies 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Storia dell'Italia contemporanea 1943-2019

by Umberto Gentiloni Silveri • 2019

Moro, Mafia bombs, Tangentopoli: Italy's republic keeps dying but never gets buried.

3.09

📜 Italian History 🇪🇺 Postwar Europe 🌐 Cold War Politics

Storia dell'Italia contemporanea 1943-2019 Summary

Storia dell'Italia contemporanea 1943-2019 86%

Moro, Mafia bombs, Tangentopoli: Italy's republic keeps dying but never gets buried.

by Umberto Gentiloni Silveri 2019

3.09

46 ratings

📜 Italian History 🇪🇺 Postwar Europe 🌐 Cold War Politics

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing

by Sophie Minchilli • 2021

The Italian cure for burnout: long meals, aimless strolls, and doing nothing with conviction.

4.11

616

🧘 Slow Living 🇮🇹 Italian Culture 🍝 Food Culture

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing 86%

The Italian cure for burnout: long meals, aimless strolls, and doing nothing with conviction.

by Sophie Minchilli 2021

4.11

616 ratings

🧘 Slow Living 🇮🇹 Italian Culture 🍝 Food Culture

Twelve Caesars

by Mary Beard • 2021

Suetonius named twelve Caesars. A millennium of misidentification, satire, and reinvention followed.

3.68

2k+

🏛️ Roman Portraiture 👑 Imperial Iconography 📚 Classical Reception

Twelve Caesars 86%

Suetonius named twelve Caesars. A millennium of misidentification, satire, and reinvention followed.

by Mary Beard 2021

3.68

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Portraiture 👑 Imperial Iconography 📚 Classical Reception

Still Life

by Sarah Winman • 2021

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

4.15

97k+

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community

Still Life 86%

A Londoner inherits a flat in Florence and gathers the lonely souls who become his family.

by Sarah Winman 2021

4.15

97k+ ratings

🤲 Found Family 🍷 Postwar Italy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Community

The Man Without Content

by Giorgio Agamben • 1970

Plato banished poets for their power. Aesthetics made art safe, and the artist empty.

4.15

383

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 📚 Continental Aesthetics 🌲 Heideggerian Thought

The Man Without Content 86%

Plato banished poets for their power. Aesthetics made art safe, and the artist empty.

by Giorgio Agamben 1970

4.15

383 ratings

🎨 Aesthetic Theory 📚 Continental Aesthetics 🌲 Heideggerian Thought

Bangkok Days

by Lawrence Osborne • 2009

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

3.41

1k+

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Bangkok Days 86%

Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.

by Lawrence Osborne 2009

3.41

1k+ ratings

📖 Literary Travel Writing 🧳 Expat Life 🌏 Cultural Dislocation

Il giorno in più

by Fabio Volo • 2007

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

3.46

5k+

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Il giorno in più 86%

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

by Fabio Volo 2007

3.46

5k+ ratings

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance

Under a Dancing Star

by Laura Wood • 2019

Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.

4.13

4k+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🏡 Tuscan Villa

Under a Dancing Star 86%

Banished to Tuscany, a headstrong naturalist dares an artist to a summer of no-strings romance.

by Laura Wood 2019

4.13

4k+ ratings

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🏡 Tuscan Villa

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città

by Italo Calvino • 1963

A poor laborer chases mushrooms and moonlight through a city that has no room for wonder.

3.83

17k+

🌀 Story Cycle 🌿 Urban Pastoral 😅 Comic Misadventure

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città Summary

Marcovaldo ovvero Le stagioni in città 86%

A poor laborer chases mushrooms and moonlight through a city that has no room for wonder.

by Italo Calvino 1963

3.83

17k+ ratings

🌀 Story Cycle 🌿 Urban Pastoral 😅 Comic Misadventure

The Glassmaker

by Tracy Chevalier • 2024

Barred from the Murano furnace, a girl masters secret beadmaking, then five centuries sweep past.

3.93

43k+

🏠 Generational Family Saga 🎨 Hidden Artistry 🌊 Venetian Setting

The Glassmaker 86%

Barred from the Murano furnace, a girl masters secret beadmaking, then five centuries sweep past.

by Tracy Chevalier 2024

3.93

43k+ ratings

🏠 Generational Family Saga 🎨 Hidden Artistry 🌊 Venetian Setting

The Lioness of Boston

by Emily Franklin • 2023

A New York heiress marries into Boston society and discovers every door is bolted shut.

3.64

10k+

🏛️ Gilded Age Boston 🚪 Outsider In Society 🏗️ Woman Builds Legacy

The Lioness of Boston 86%

A New York heiress marries into Boston society and discovers every door is bolted shut.

by Emily Franklin 2023

3.64

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Gilded Age Boston 🚪 Outsider In Society 🏗️ Woman Builds Legacy

Marco Polo

by Laurence Bergreen • 2007

A merchant, a Mongol emperor, and seventeen years that redrew the map of the known world.

3.85

3k+

🐪 Silk Road 🐎 Mongol Empire 🏰 Medieval Travel

Marco Polo 86%

A merchant, a Mongol emperor, and seventeen years that redrew the map of the known world.

by Laurence Bergreen 2007

3.85

3k+ ratings

🐪 Silk Road 🐎 Mongol Empire 🏰 Medieval Travel

L'amica geniale. Edizione completa

by Elena Ferrante • 2015

Two dolls vanish in a Naples courtyard. What replaces them is a friendship fiercer than love.

4.55

8k+

🫂 Female Friendship ⚒️ Class Struggle 📚 Education As Escape

L'amica geniale. Edizione completa Summary

L'amica geniale. Edizione completa 85%

Two dolls vanish in a Naples courtyard. What replaces them is a friendship fiercer than love.

by Elena Ferrante 2015

4.55

8k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship ⚒️ Class Struggle 📚 Education As Escape

The Greater Journey

by David McCullough • 2011

Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.

3.94

21k+

🇺🇸 American Expatriates 🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition 🩺 19th Century Medicine

The Greater Journey 85%

Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.

by David McCullough 2011

3.94

21k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Expatriates 🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition 🩺 19th Century Medicine

La monaca

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

3.51

542

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty

La monaca 85%

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010

3.51

542 ratings

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty

The Imperfectionists

by Tom Rachman • 2010

Orbiting a dying English-language newspaper in Rome, flawed lives come undone one edition at a time.

3.55

50k+

📚 Linked Story Collection 📰 Newsroom Fiction 🏛️ Dying Institutions

The Imperfectionists 85%

Orbiting a dying English-language newspaper in Rome, flawed lives come undone one edition at a time.

by Tom Rachman 2010

3.55

50k+ ratings

📚 Linked Story Collection 📰 Newsroom Fiction 🏛️ Dying Institutions

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