Author: Marlena De Blasi
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 86017

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 317
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1

ISBN: 1565126106
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781565126107
ASIN: 1565126106

Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of Orvieto, an ancient city in the less-trodden region of Umbria. Rich with history and a vivid sense of place, her tale is by turns romantic and sensual, joyous and celebratory, as she and her husband search for a home in this city on a hill—finding one that turns out to be the former ballroom of a dilapidated sixteenth-century palazzo. Along the way, de Blasi befriends an array of colorful characters, including cooks and counts and shepherds and a lone violinist, cooking her way into the hearts of her Umbrian neighbors.

Brimming with life and kissed by romance, The Lady in the Palazzo perfectly captures the essence of a singular place and offers up a feast—and the recipes to prepare it!—for readers of all stripes.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars

Schmaltz June 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Some people may enjoy this book. But I found the author self-indulgent
and sentimental. I should add that I am an Italophile and have spent a couple of years in Italy--both for work and pleasure.

I cold not recommend this to anyone.