The Story of San Michele

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Weight 0.3 kg
Dimensions 2.6 × 12.8 × 19.8 cm
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Language

Pages

368

publisher

Year Published

2004-11-8

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0719566991

About The Author

Born in Sweden in 1857, Axel Munthe trained to be a doctor in Paris at a precociously early age, establishing a fashionable practice (Maupassant and Strindberg were his patients) and quickly gaining an international reputation. He became the friend of royalty; Tsar Nicholas asked him to look after his son – Rasputin was their second choice.

One of the most fascinating of books, wise in its appraisal of men, overflowing with humour and edged with irony, sharper than a surgeon's knife. There are chapters which are veritable de Maupassant plots in their concise and dramatic realism.

Other text

The extraordinary and enduring memoir of Axel Munthe, a travel bestseller since first published in 1929, captures the spirit and feel of an era