Naples Declared
Title | Naples Declared PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Taylor |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2013-04-30 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0143123467 |
A lively, elegantly concise historic tour of Italy’s city by the bay An invaluable addition to the art of literary travel writing, Naples Declared presents an informative and compulsively readable account of three thousand years of Naples history. From the catacombs of San Gennaro to the luminous paintings of Caravaggio to the ruins of Pompeii in nearby Campania, renowned author Benjamin Taylor takes readers on a stroll around the city Italians lovingly call Il Cratere. Gracefully written and full of good humor, wisdom, and amusing anecdotes, Naples Declared is a wholly original work that will be welcomed by anyone seeking to know more about the art, culture, and history of this fabled place.
Naples Declared
Title | Naples Declared PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Taylor |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2012-05-10 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1101589078 |
It is a city of seemingly irreconcilable opposites, simultaneously glorious and ghastly. And it is Ben Taylor’s remarkable ability to meld these contradictions into a whole that makes this the exciting and original book it is. He takes his stroll around the bay with the acute sensitivity of a lover, the good humor of a friend, and the wisdom of a seeker who has immersed himself in all aspects of this contrapuntal culture. His curiosity leads him to many byways, both real and metaphoric, and his passion for this ancient city and its people becomes, in his graceful prose and amusing anecdotes, irresistibly contagious.
Papers Relating to the Affairs of Italy
Title | Papers Relating to the Affairs of Italy PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 8 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Hostilities Without Declaration of War
Title | Hostilities Without Declaration of War PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederick Maurice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | War |
ISBN |
History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852
Title | History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852 PDF eBook |
Author | Archibald Alison |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1859 |
Genre | Europe |
ISBN |
The Encyclopædia Britannica
Title | The Encyclopædia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 956 |
Release | 1895 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM
Title | The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM PDF eBook |
Author | Day Otis Kellogg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 912 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |