Dream of Italy talks with Clare Brown,renowned travel consultant, tells us about her work, writing and researching and her daughter Karen Brown's Italy guidebooks.
Read Italy: A Thousand Days in Venice
A middle-aged woman visits Venice with two friends in tow. A Venetian
banker spots her at a cafe and begs her to meet him the next day. Read on for the details on Marlena de Blasi's true story of finding love in Venice.
The Dream Interview: Theresa Maggio on Sicily
Thinking about heading to Sicily? The author of The Stone Boudoir: Travels Through The Hidden Villages of Sicily shares her love of Sicily with Dream of Italy.
Editor’s Pick: A Venetian Affair
A man discovers a box of old
letters in his family's palazzo. The
letters reveal the details of a
forbidden 18th-century love affair
between the man's ancestor (one
of Venice's last statesmen) and the
illegitimate daughter of an
Englishman. Their romance borders
on obsession with plans for secret meetings
and letters written to each other in code. Learn more about this book (and true story) from author Andrea di Robilant.
Read Italy: New at the Bookstores
Anyone who grew up with an Italian immigrant grandparent or greatgrandparent, listen up! Take a new look at southern Italy and Rome with these books.
Read Italy: New Releases
Italophiles thinking about relocating read on. This newly released book teaches how to live, study and work in Italy, as well as how to tour Venice on foot.
Editor’s Book Pick: Too Much Tuscan Sun
Dario Castagno tells the other
side of Frances Mayes'
famous tale, Under the
Tuscan Sun in his Too Much Tuscan Sun: Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide.