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The Surprise of Cremona

One Woman's Adventures in Cremona, Parma, Mantua, Ravenna, Urbino and Arezzo

The Surprise of Cremona( )
Author: Templeton, Edith
Introduction by: Brookner, Anita
ISBN:978-1-873429-65-5
Publication Date:May 2003
Publisher:Pallas Athene
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $27.50USD $27.50
Book Description:

Edith Templeton--bohemian aristocrat, accomplished novelist, and widow of the physician to the King of Nepal--wrote this highly individual account of her visit to six northern Italian towns in the early 50s. Enchantingly evocative of the time and places, her vintage narrative is a gem of travel literature. In her new introduction, Anita Brookner offers an insightful, gracefully written analysis of the astringent wit and classic poise of Templeton's writing.

Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Travel / Europe / Italy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.4 x 8.5 Inches
Book Weight:0.813 Pounds
Author Biography
Templeton, Edith (Author)
Edith Templeton was born in Prague in 1916 & spent much of her childhood in a castle in the Bohemian countryside. In 1938, she left Prague to marry an Englishman & Began living in Britain. During the war, she worked in the Office of the Chief Surgeon for the U.S. Army in Cheltenham & then became a Captain in the British Army. Her short stories began to appear in The New Yorker in the fifties & over the next several decades she published a number of novels, as well as a popular travel book. Under a pseudonym, she also wrote a novel which was banned for indecency in Germany & England. With her second husband, a celebrated cardiologist, she left England to live in India, where she met Nehru & the Dalai Lama, among other major figures. She now lives in Bordighera, on the coast of Italy.

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