A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor Classic account of an idyllic childhood in Italy, under the shadow of approaching war. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Wonderful ... I fell immediately into her world Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan SunKinta Beevor was five years old when she fell in love with her parents castle facing the Carrara mountains. She and her brother ran barefoot, exploring an enchanted world. They searched for wild mushrooms in the hills with Fiore the stonemason, and learned how to tickle trout. The freedom and beauty of life at the castle attracted poets, writers and painters, including D.H. Lawrence and Rex Whistler. The other side to Kintas childhood was very different, for it was spent with her formidable great aunt, Janet Ross, in a grand villa outside Florence. But soon the old way of life and Kintas idyllic world were threatened by war.Nostalgic, yet unsentimental and funny, A TUSCAN CHILDHOOD is a book which transports the reader to bohemian, aristocratic Italy and the sound of bells from a distant campanile. Author Biography Kinta Beevor was born in 1911 at Northbourne in East Kent. After her father joined up in the First World War, her mother, Lina Waterfield, took Kinta and her brother out to Florence, where she started the British Institute. Kintas childhood was spent at Poggio Gherardo and at her parents castle in Aulla. She returned to England, married and had three sons, one of whom is the historian Antony Beevor. She lived at Eastry, close to where she was born, but she still returned to Italy each year. Kinta Beevor died in August 1995. Review Its unpretentiousness and authenticity, and above all the sincreity of the writers affection for an Italy now long lost, make it an attractive and engaging read - SPECTATORKinta Beevors distinctive contribution is in her detailed and unsentimental account of the peasant life of the time, its surrounding, its labours and its joys, and in her ability to convey the remembered happiness of a childhood spent in the freedom of two exceptionally beautiful houses amid some of the most delectable countryside in the world - THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTA delightful corrective to the sickly Chiantishire school of writing. The descriptions of the harvesting and preparation of food and wine by the locals could not be bettered and the pages are alive with vivid characters, from stonemasons and farm workers to foreign bohemians ... a joy - OBSERVERA loving and intimate portrait of Tuscanys many faces; but it is in her feeling for the landscape that Beevor excels. One can hear the buzzing of the cicadas, smell the wild thyme and feel the crunching of pine needles underfoot - SUNDAY TIMESA beautifully written book - SUNDAY TIMESA delightful memoir - MARIE CLAIRE Promotional Classic account of an idyllic childhood in Italy, under the shadow of approaching war. Long Description Wonderful ... I fell immediately into her world Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun Kinta Beevor was five years old when she fell in love with her parents castle facing the Carrara mountains. She and her brother ran barefoot, exploring an enchanted world. They searched for wild mushrooms in the hills with Fiore the stonemason, and learned how to tickle trout. The freedom and beauty of life at the castle attracted poets, writers and painters, including D.H. Lawrence and Rex Whistler. The other side to Kintas childhood was very different, for it was spent with her formidable great aunt, Janet Ross, in a grand villa outside Florence. But soon the old way of life and Kintas idyllic world were threatened by war.Nostalgic, yet unsentimental and funny, A TUSCAN CHILDHOOD is a book which transports the reader to bohemian, aristocratic Italy and the sound of bells from a distant campanile. Review Quote A beautifully written book-- SUNDAY TIMES Promotional "Headline" Classic account of an idyllic childhood in Italy, under the shadow of approaching war. Description for Sales People First published in 1993 (Viking Penguin), A Tuscan Childhood was immediately hailed as a classic of travel literature and a vivid depiction of Tuscany during and after the First World War. Details ISBN1780228643 Author Kinta Beevor Year 2015 ISBN-10 1780228643 ISBN-13 9781780228648 Media Book Publisher Orion Publishing Co Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 945.5091092 Birth 1911 Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Format Paperback Language English Pages 288 UK Release Date 2015-04-09 Publication Date 2015-04-09 Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-06-08 AU Release Date 2015-06-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:92902623;

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