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Author Downing, Ben, 1967- author.

Title Queen bee of Tuscany : the redoubtable Janet Ross / Ben Downing.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B ROSS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 ROSS, JAN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG ROSS, JANET    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-317) and index.
Contents Poggio untoppled -- A dynasty of sorts -- Successions -- Sitti Ross -- Intermezzo : the Anglo -- Tuscans -- La padrona di Castagnolo -- Castle Ross -- Aunt Janet -- Legacies.
Summary A portrait of the Victorian-era writer and Anglo-Florentine colony doyenne covers her work for the London "Times," achievements as an avid agriculturalist, and relationships with such contemporaries as Mark Twain and Bernard Berenson.
Subject Ross, Janet, 1842-1927.
Ross, Janet, 1842-1927 -- Homes and haunts -- Italy -- Tuscany.
Ross, Janet, 1842-1927 -- Friends and associates.
British -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Women -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Exiles -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Biography.
Tuscany (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780374239718 alkaline paper
0374239711 alkaline paper
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