Voyages in Italy

Following in the footsteps of our best seller Journeys Around the World, Voyages in Italy takes the reader on an amazing tour of Italy: through images and literature - both old and recent-, with text written by innumerable travellers, both famous and unknown. Shakespeare, Goethe, Byron and Wagner, amongst many others, were all inspired by the natural beauty and cultural treasures of this fabulously diverse country; their thoughts are recorded in this book. Includes lovely, nostalgic reproductions sewn into the book as inserts: 19th century picture postcards, travel agents' and hotel marketing cards, restaurant menus, train tickets...