Over the winter months, reading from the new crop of fiction set in Italy will heighten the anticipation for your upcoming Italian vacation. Guide books are great planning tools, but novels and short stories add depth, fantasy, historical background and imagination to an Italian adventure. These books are set in Rome, Florence, Venice, Sicily and Naples. (Please add to the list by commenting on this post and check out last year’s picks.)
The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz Smith
A suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery, and danger of occupied 1945 Venice. One … Read More