Meditations on Rome and Venice by the celebrated American poet. The latest in the Ekphrasis series, the small paperbacks from David Zwirner.
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Edition:Paperback978164423031202/07/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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The Beppina of the title was the author of a bundle of hand-written recipes found in an old Italian cookery: "a microcosm of the culinary taste of the Aretine upper middle-class during the B... read more
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Kneale knows the city like few others (viz his Rome: A History in Seven Sackings, pbk ÂŁ10.99). His writing is also a delight, so his account of lockdown is worth reading.
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It was the biggest seaborne landing in history; a difficult campaign, not least because of the heat. Its success was hard-won, and crucial to the course of the war.

