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A paperback edition of the great diarist's account of Italian life in the trajectory towards the Second World War. The essential precursor to Origo's "War In Val d'Orcia".
About the author
Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During WWII, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. Pushkin Press also publishes her bestselling war diaries, War in Val d'Orcia, her memoir, Images and Shadows, as well as two of her biographies.
Summary
A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II.
Foreword
Paperback edition of this gripping diary from the bestselling diarist and biographer: 'Origo's diaries, trenchantly and pithily written, are a glory' (Spectator)
