{"product_id":"9781847498472","title":"Rome, Naples and Florence","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRome, Naples and Florence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Stendhal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781847498472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Alma Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40731890811086,"sku":"9781847498472","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a405a7ee-3ca2-4a7b-bc88-79dd4c6e1c2a.jpg?v=1644854583","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781847498472","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}