Maremma Mia is a warm, witty chronicle of one family's adventure transforming an old farmhouse and olive grove in remote Tuscany into a home. Set in the Maremma - "the new Chianti" - the story unfolds through the seasons, capturing both the beauty and unpredictability of life abroad.
From the nearby medieval town of Suvereto to the wild hills, fertile valley and coastline steeped in Etruscan mystery, the book weaves together the region's landscape, food, wines, flora, fauna and traditions with vivid portraits of its people. Along the way, it explores the Maremma's extraordinary history - from imperial assassinations and Napoleonic upheaval to partisan defiance in World War II.
Both an evocative travel memoir and a love letter to an unspoilt corner of Italy, Maremma Mia is for anyone who's ever dreamed of making a vision come true.
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Illustrationen
14 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 133 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-917837-15-6 (9781917837156)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Nicholas Hopton studied Italian at Cambridge University. His dissertation Sicilianita - on Twentieth Century Sicilian literature - won the Peskett Modern Languages prize. He also studied at the British Institute of Florence and La Sapienza University in Rome. His first published novel was In Pieces (Bloomsbury), which The New York Post described as 'A wry, intelligent story of London life in the nineties'. He served as a diplomat for 35 years, including at the British Embassy in Italy and as UK Ambassador to Libya, Iran, Qatar and Yemen. He now lives in Twickenham and spends as much time as possible with his wife and five children at their house in Tuscany.
