In Search of Italy

by William M. Johnston

This is the first book in any language to digest what foreign writers have had to say about the cities of Northern Italy. French, German, and English writers, adoring Italy, have always lavished praise upon it, yet no one has ever compared what they said about the places they visited. Now, here is presented the best insights of major and minor writers since 1800, the time of the French occupation of Italy when the new crop of travelers arrived to...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271004967
• ISBN13: 9780271004969
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.