Queen bee of Tuscany : the redoubtable Janet Ross
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-317) and index.
Description
A portrait of the Victorian-era writer and Anglo-Florentine colony doyenne covers her work for the London "Times," achievements as an avid agriculturalist, and relationships with such contemporaries as Mark Twain and Bernard Berenson.
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LC Subjects
Biographies.
British -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Exiles -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Ross, Janet, -- 1842-1927 -- Friends and associates.
Ross, Janet, -- 1842-1927 -- Homes and haunts -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Ross, Janet, -- 1842-1927.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Women -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
British -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Exiles -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Ross, Janet, -- 1842-1927 -- Friends and associates.
Ross, Janet, -- 1842-1927 -- Homes and haunts -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Ross, Janet, -- 1842-1927.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Women -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.