Description
Book SynopsisThis book gives a fuller picture than has hitherto been attempted of the variety of Britons who became residents of Florence between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the absorption of Tuscany into the kingdom of Italy. Many of them were leisured, and some aristocratic; a few were writers or artists; the British clergy and physicians who ministered to them were gentlemen. Many others were shopkeepers, merchants and even engineers. Some achieved a more profound knowledge of the country (and its language) than others, but all were affected to some degree by the momentous events which led to Italian unification.
Table of Contents1. Nationality, Identity and Domicile 2. The Burghersh Years, 1814-1830 3. Untroubled Growth, 1830-1839 4. Public Calm and Private Troubles, 1839-1846 5. John Bull at Play 6. John Bull at Prayer 7. A Widow in Exile 8. The Long Revolution, 1846-1849 9. The Austrian Occupation to 1853 10. Protestants in Stormy Waters 11. Indian Summer, 1854-1858 12. The Medicine Men 13. Men of Straw and Men of Iron 14. The Service Sector 15. Departures and Survivors, 1858-1860
