The Italian Twins
By: by Lucy Fitch Perkins; illustrated by the author.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 1920
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Description: Beppina and her twelve-year-old twin brother, Beppo, lived in an old family palace in Florence, Italy. During an Easter Saturday celebration in the piazza, the twins are separated from their nurse, and soon are kidnapped by gypsies. The twins are forced to sing and dance for money until, after many months, they make a daring escape and successfully return home.
Notes: Illustrated t.-p. and lining papers.