Northern Italy

This is a companion volume to Vernon Bartlett's "Central Italy," which was welcomed by one reviewer as "a model book of travels." Another reviewer said that "English visitors could have no better book," that such "a splendid, readable medley of history, architecture, personalities, topography and anecdote" should not be missed. The same recommendations can certainly be given for Mr. Bartlett's present account of a no less remarkable region, bounded by the Italian Riviera, by Venice and Trieste, by the famous lakes and mountains of the north and by such historic cities as Bologna, Parma, Modena and Ferrara in the south, and encompassing Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Milan, Piacenza, Pavia, Turin, Genoa, Cremona, Mantua, Bergamo, Udine, Bolzano and many other places, large and small, that will so richly repay a visit. So, whether the reader is lingering in "Northern Italy" or passing through to "Central Italy," Vernon Bartlett provides ideal companionship in every sense, and again his narrative is enhanced by 23 pages of evocative photographs. [From front flap]