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Iris Origo Caroline Moorehead

Iris Origo von Caroline Moorehead

Iris Origo Caroline Moorehead


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Zusammenfassung

This biography of Iris Origo utilizes unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts to provide a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century. It also throws light upon the growth of Fascism in 1920s and 30s Italy.

Iris Origo Zusammenfassung

Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d'Orcia Caroline Moorehead

In this biography of Iris Origo, Caroline Moorehead has drawn on unpublished letters, diaries and manuscripts. It provides a vivid picture of the life of one of the most intriguing and attractive women of the 20th century.;Together with her shrewd husband, Antonio, Iris Origo bought and brought life to a derelict, arid stretch of land in the Val d'Orcia called La Foce, and created a model estate with a hospital and a school for disadvantaged children. The book also throws light upon the growth of Fascism in Italy in the 1920s and 1930s, and the effect it had on the Origos.

Iris Origo Bewertungen

This book is not simply the life story of an admirable but formidable grande dame ... It is a history of her world. -- Literary Review A lucid, informative and interesting biography. -- Literary Review An admirably perceptive, well-written and and entertaining biography. -- The Spectator No one would have appreciated better than Iris Origo herself the delicacy, precision and tact with which this book restores her life. -- Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year

Über Caroline Moorehead

Caroline Moorehead is a biographer, writer and reviewer who has worked in broadcasting and is a specialist on human rights. She grew up in Italy in Florence and Rome and now lives in London.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A different child; the Anglo-Florentines; an unpleasant noise off-stage; launched; la Foce; no past and no future; water; a long green feather in her hat; only man is mad; thunder in the air; la Progettista; voices whispering welcome; shadows and doubts; splendid to its bones; a vocation for friendship.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR001616710
9780719558191
0719558190
Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d'Orcia Caroline Moorehead
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John Murray Press
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