Axel Munthe: The Story of San Michele [2004] paperback Condition:Good 'A bold and exciting work

'A bold and exciting work that helps steer the evolution of the genre into the next decade' Marshall Ryan Maresca

which provides the platform for this book - and the springboard for many added insights

mesmerised by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place

The luxuries that characterised modern life are scarce

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Axel Munthe: The Story of San Michele [2004] paperback Condition:Good 'A bold and exciting workThis 'dream laden and spooked' (Marina Warner, London Review of Books) story is to many one of the best loved books of the twentieth century. Munthe spent many years working as a doctor in Southern Italy, labouring unstintingly during typhus, cholera and earthquake disasters. It was during this period that he came across the ruined Tiberian villa of San Michele, perched high above the glittering Bay of Naples on Capri. With the help of Mastro Nicola