The Villa Diana

Download or read book The Villa Diana written by Alan Moorehead and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Above Florence, in one of the oldest inhabited parts of Italy, stood the historic 15th century home, Villa Diana. In 1948, respected war correspondent Alan Moorehead moved into the villa, which had survived World War Two despite being occupied by the troops of seven different armies. In Villa Diana, Moorhead describes with wit and affection the daily dramas he encountered, surrounded as always by the extreme physical beauty of the region. 'Alan Moorehead's book is still highly readable ... anecdotes of contemporary life that are somehow able to shake hands unselfconsciously with history and to relive a rich past sit alongside Moorehead's affectionate memories of the warm-hearted life that makes Italy so well loved by outsiders.' - The Tablet, UK

Download or read book The Villa Diana written by Alan Moorehead and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Varieties of Darkness written by Don Meredith and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Venice to Vietnam, from the Welsh coast to Cairo, Don Meredith has traveled in the wake of twentieth-century writers, using their novels and poems as guides, as another wayfarer might turn to Fodor's or the Guide Bleu. He has gone in search of the back streets, basilicas, cafes, piazzas, and countrysides that figured so powerfully in the works of authors who are especially attuned to a sense of place. Part travelogue, part literary study, Varieties of Darkness is Meredith's account of his exploration of Michael Ondaatje's fascinating literary masterpiece The English Patient. Meredith mines the places, the real-life counterparts of the characters, and the curious creative mind of Ondaatje. Varieties of Darkness offers fresh insights into the novel and Ondaatje's prodigious use of scholarly detail.

Download or read book HEIR Unexpected Love written by SilentJell and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian William, an heir of a million-dollar business and a well-known playboy in town, had suffered a severe illness. Eager to find a cure, he went to several renowned Doctors across the globe, yet still, everything didn't work.Someone had told him to approach a young Doctor specializing in traditional ways to cure several illnesses. He urgently sent his men to abduct the young Doctor. Their fate changed when his men mistakenly took the twin sister of the said Doctor.Diana, who was in shock while facing the handsome young man, has no way out to escape, pretended to be his brother. With the tremendous amount of money he promised, Diana accepted the task, but later on, he discovered her real identity.He threatened her with the contract they've signed as his personal Doctor. They hated each other, but the intense attraction pulled them together into a whirlwind relationship. He began to dote on her and promise to take her as his wife, but his position as an heir has been into trials along the way. Would they still end up together? Does their fate change when things get worse?

Download or read book Akaba written by Tom Reidy and published by TOM REIDY. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the hills behind Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, hikers come across some ancient coins with the names of kings unknown to history. Further digging reveals a set of manuscripts detailing a powerful commercial empire that existed into the First Century A.D. of which there is no historical record. This country was able to inflict a massive defeat on the Roman Empire around the year 40 A.D. so why is there no historical record of this country that occupied the eastern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba?

Download or read book Unlawful Killing written by Simon Tomlin and published by Hakon Books. This book was released on with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Princess Diana, arguably the most famous woman of the modern age, really murdered or was her death a tragic accident? "I found it difficult simply to accept that what happened in Paris was 'just one of those tragic things' and has it happened, the jury at the inquest agreed." - Michael Mansfield QC

Download or read book Ever After written by Anne Edwards and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-05-15 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, from her childhood, through her experiences with the royal family and public life, to her death in 1997.