The Anglo-Florentines: The British in Tuscany, 1814-1860

by Tony Webb and Diana Webb

Book Overview

This book gives a fuller picture than has hitherto been attempted of the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350133612
• ISBN13: 9781350133617
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"