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Southern & Mediterranean Europe
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The Face of Spain by Gerald Brenan
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- A touching account of the author's return to post-war Spain in 1949, filled with his observations of the ravaged countryside and embattled people as he travels from Madrid to Andalucia.
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South from Granada by Gerald Brenan
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- One of the great Spanish travel books. Brenan describes, with a vivid sympathy, the essence of a remote rural area before the Civil War. A beautifully drawn classic.
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Watermark by Joseph Brodsky
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- "We read Watermark enraptured by its gallant attempt to distill precious meaning from life's experience" - so said John Updike, with whom we heartily agree. Brodsky's unique collection of short reflections is beautiful and wholly seductive: a witty and moving work of recollection shot through with the atmosphere of the city.
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The Station by Robert Byron
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- The archaic Byzantine traditions within the walls of Mount Athos are explored in detail. The author was among the first outsiders to portray the monastery's treasures and the monks' lifestyle in 1920s Greece.
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An Island in Greece: On the Shores of Skopelos by Michael Carroll
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- Carroll sailed his sleek mahogany boat into the Sporades, and stayed. His thoughtful, engaging and well-written book pays tribute to Skopelos, where he made his home, and casts brilliant light on the enduring allure of the Mediterranean way of life.
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The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
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- Written in the early 16th century, Castiglione attempts to describe the ultimate virtues of the courtier. A charming description of Renaissance manners.
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Anatomy of a Moment by Javier Cercas
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- Cercas originally intended to use the events of the failed Spanish Coup of 1981 as the subject of a novel. Instead, he has produced one of our favourite history books of the year. Rigorously truthful, richly textured and immensely gripping, his account of Franco's downfall and Suarez's tragic heroism captures a defining moment in Spain's recent history.
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The Fall of Crete by Alan Clark
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- With great clarity and concision Clark relates the fierce but ultimately vain resistance put up by the Cretan army when Nazi forces invaded in 1941.
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Twice a Stranger by Bruce Clark
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- Lucid, compelling account of the 1923 exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey that involved nearly two million people. He brings clarity, often very movingly, to a contentious and complex period that still resonates. Highly recommended.
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Umbria by Patricia Clough
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- Though not original in its premise, this account of a relocation to Umbria stands out in our eyes for its pithy exploration of local history and landscape, and its sophisticated philosophical reflections. Beautifully presented, too.
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The Siege of Malta 1565 by Francisco Balbi di Correggio
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- The Siege of Malta represented a pivotal moment in the 16th century battle for Mediterranean supremacy between Islam and Christendom. This first-hand account, recently reprinted in English, is a thrillingly immediate read that stands as one of history's great works of eyewitness.
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The Italian City Republics by Daniel Waley & Trevor Dean
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- Between the 11th and the 14th century many Italian towns were independently governed, Waley and Dean explore the social and artistic history of these small republics including their religious beliefs, architecture and the role of women.
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Ratking by Michael Dibdin
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- In the first of this excellent series, Inspector Aurelio Zen is sent to Perugia to investigate a kidnapping. Dibdin crafts tight, well-plotted thrillers, atmospheric and compelling.
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Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens
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- In 1844, at the height of his fame, Dickens took a break from writing to travel through Italy for almost a year. This account of his experiences is rife with vivid images, as the great sights of the landscape blur in his mind with the everyday people he encounters. A classic of Victorian travel writing that also casts fascinating light on the mind of the great novelist.
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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia by John Dickie
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- A bold, unnflinching excavation of a sinister criminal underworld. Fusing profound knowledge of his subject with electrifying prose thick with drama and mystery, Dickie creates a work that is utterly absorbing.
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Delizia!: The Epic History of the Italians and their Food by John Dickie
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- Dickie follows 'Cosa Nostra', his magnificent history of the Sicilian mafia, with a fantastic journey through Italian cuisine. Adopting a choronological approach he debunks many of the myths surrounding the topic, exposing the tensions of class and wealth at its heart. Impeccably researched yet marvellously readable, it is a feast of a book, far greater than the sum of its ingredients.
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Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
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- Acclaimed novelist Doerr spent a year in Rome with his wife and newborn twins. His wonderful account is impressionistic, concerned less with delving into the hard facts of the city than in expressing its effect upon him and his family. A beautifully written snapshot of contemporary Rome, entwined with one of fatherhood, and of the writing life.
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Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
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- Written in the early 1900s, Douglas' marvellous description of the people and the landscape reacquainted the world with this rugged area of southern Italy and its history.
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Siren Land by Norman Douglas
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- His first of many great Italian travel books, Douglas describes the region for which he developed an unquenchable passion - the Bay of Naples, the island of Capri, Pompei and Sorrento.
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They Would Never Hurt a Fly by Slavenka Drakulic
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- A Serbian journalist who attended the war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Drakulic explores the endlessly fascinating question of why ordinary people do horrendous things. Short, powerful and utterly engrossing.
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Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic
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- Reknowned Croatian journalist Drakulic here offers an intimate tour of post-Communist Central Europe. Her observations are wry and humane, and her clarity potent.
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The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell
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- Comprising 'My Family & Other Animals', 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' and 'The Garden of the Gods', this beautifully presented volume contains all of Durrell's classic writings on his Corfu youth. They remain as fresh and charming as ever, filled with wonderful characters and creatures that prove time and again to appeal to readers of all ages.
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Reflections on a Marine Venus by Lawrence Durrell
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- This 'companion to the landscape of Rhodes' emerged in 1953 and represents a beautifully composed account both of Durrell's postwar life on the island and of its landscape and history as a whole. Recommended.
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The Greek Islands by Lawrence Durrell
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- The great author introduces his intentions here thus: 'What would you have been glad to know when you were on the spot? What would you feel sorry to have missed? A guide, yes, but a very personal one'. Fascinating, alluring and indispensable.
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Prospero's Cell by Lawrence Durrell
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- First published in 1945 and subtitled 'A guide to the landscape and manners of Corfu', Durrell's book is in fact a marvellous fusion of memoir and travel writing. His considerable skills as a poet and novelist ensure that every page of this wonderful book is aglow with observation and nuance.
