About this title: The writer Iris Origo (1902-1988), a friend of Edith Wharton and Somerset Maugham who was equally at home in the cities of Italy and England, is profiled here by the biographer of Bertrand Russell. Origo's colorful memoir, WAR IN VAL D'ORCIA, about life on her Italian husband's estate in the mountains of Tuscany during World War II, is a classic of the genre. Her literary milieu, as it flourished in the interwar period, is brought vividly to life in this biography, including a sharp portrait of her difficult and much-married mother and a dispassionate look at the relationship between Origo ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David R Godine
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781567921830ISBN:1567921833
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Date Published: 06/2002
ISBN-13:9781567921830ISBN:1567921833
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 368 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Murray
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780719558191ISBN:0719558190
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Murray
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780719558191ISBN:0719558190
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boston: David R Godine Pub, 2000
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781567921830ISBN:1567921833
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: David R Godine
Date Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN-13:9781567921830ISBN:1567921833
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"This was a very well written and well researched biography. I was completely unfamiliar with Iris Origo; but, after having read this book, I am interested in reading her autobiography (Images & Shadows) as well as her war-time diary about her work during the second world war. She was a highly regarded writer and lived an exceptionally interesting life."
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