{"product_id":"florence-9781472141293","title":"Florence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The best conceivable guide to the city'' - an essential cultural history for all visitors of Florence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rich and glorious past of one of the best loved cities in the world, Florence, is brought vividly to life for today''s visitor in this collection which draws on letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers to Florence and the Florentines themselves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf all Italian cities, Florence has always had the strongest English accent: the Goncourt brothers in 1855 called it ''\u003ci\u003eville tout anglaise\u003c\/i\u003e''. Though that accent is diminished now, Florence remains for the English-speaking traveller what it always has been - one of the best loved, and most visited, of cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this Traveller''s Reader, Florence''s rich and glorious past is brought vividly to life for the tourist of today through the medium of letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers to Florence from past centuries and of the Florentines themselves. The extracts chosen by cultural historain\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739391275351,"sku":"9781472141293","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472141293.jpg?v=1720052108","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/florence-9781472141293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}