Depicts the lives of three British ambassadors to Italy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and examines the ambassadors' interest in Italian art
The focus of the anthology is entertainment and broad information about buildings and phenomena most likely to interest the discriminating tourist. Many of the 195 pieces, mostly excerpts from longer
"Written in 1699 and based on the recollections of survivors, The Peach Blossom Fan is a grand historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty as it fell to the invading Manchus. With compelli
