A Thousand Bells at Noon
Subtitle: A Roman's Guide to the Secrets and Pleasures of His Native City
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Steerforth Italia
Published: January 22, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781586420369
Subjects: Travel writing; Travel; Italy; European - Italian; History - General History; Social life and customs; Romagnoli, G. Franco; Europe - Italy; Literary Criticism & Collections / Italian; 20th century; Description and travel; Homes and haunts; Rome; Rome (Italy)
First sentence: OVER ELBA THE captain informs us that this famous island not only was Napoleon's place of exile, but also marks the beginning of our descent toward - (he pauses here for a second: you can almost hear a subliminal blaring of trumpets in his voice) - Rome! The engines cut down to a whisper and in the clear autumn air Tuscany slowly rises up to us.