HUMOURIST'S GUIDE TO ITALY

In stories, memoirs, character sketches, anecdotes, light verse, drawings and cartoons, this title looks at every aspect of Italy and Italian life as seen through the travel writing of some of the worlds greatest humourists. These include Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Edward Lear.

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Every aspect of Italy and Italian life, past and present, is seen through a filter of irony, incongruity, satire, parody and nonsense, making When in Rome not only the companion for your travels but the perfect book to read in those moments spent at airports and stations, on planes and trains and on the beach. Packed with stories, memoirs, character sketches, anecdotes, light verse, drawings and a generous sprinkling of cartoons, it contains the travel writing of many of our generous humorists.