{"product_id":"9781847498472","title":"Rome, Naples and Florence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Stendhal, Coe, Richard N., Coe, Richard N.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLifestyle, sport \u0026amp; leisure\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 10 July 2019 by Alma Books Ltd (Alma Classics).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 562 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 49 | 642g\u003cp\u003eFew writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon's armies, and he continued to travel and to live in Italy until a few months before his death. Some of his visits lasted only a few weeks, others continued for years, and he spent the last decade of his life as French Consul in Civitavecchia - yet he was never a tourist in the ordinary sense of the word. Italy, for Stendhal, was never a mere treasure trove of ruins, museums and galleries: it was the life of the country which fascinated him, its spirit, the inner workings of its heart and mind. This picture - or rather this living dream - of Italy he created is as fresh and tantalizing today as it was almost two centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stendhal, Coe, Richard N., Coe, Richard N.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42538212327608,"sku":"9781847498472","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781847498472.jpg?v=1734726690","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781847498472","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}