Celebrated particularly for its classical statues (qv the excellent recent The Torlonia Marbles), this Roman villa was the C18th creation of Cardinal Albani. It was preserved with its collec... read more
The architecture and interiors of Pompeii, photographed in natural light and in marvellous detail. This lavish book has emerged from a project undertaken by Spina and the Parco Archeologico ... read more
Ferrara, Rome, Sicily and more: Italian fiction and non-fiction from the mid-late C2oth to the present. Ground-breaking and compulsive, the first novel in Ferrante's Neapolitan Quartet stand... read more
The beautiful C17th baroque villa near Siena was bought by Tony Lambton in the 1970s and recently restored by the next generation after a fire, with the help of Camilla Guinness.