Publisher's Synopsis
Henry James was not only a great Victorian novelist, but also a great travel writer. This collection combines his vivid letters from Italy, many of which have never been published before, with a selection of his most heartfelt and eloquent essays about the cities and rural areas he visited between 1859 and 1907.;The recent biographer of James has compiled for readers and tourists a literary map of James's Italy, an ideal companion for any explorer. His book provides a city-by-city tour of Florence, Venice, Rome and the breathtaking countryside in between. In James's prose writings on Italy, readers will find the sensuous, passionate human side of this writer.
