{"product_id":"a-tuscan-childhood-9780375704260","title":"A Tuscan Childhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between World War I and World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kinta and her brother explored the glorious countryside, participated in the region's many seasonal rites and rituals, and came to know and love the charming, resilient Italian people. With the coming of World War II the family had to leave Aulla; years later, though, Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt their lives. Lyrical and witty, \u003cb\u003eA Tuscan Childhood\u003c\/b\u003e is alive with the timeless splendour of Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKinta Beevor was born in 1911 in Northbourne, England, and died in 1995. Born Carinthia Waterfield, she was the daughter of Aubrey Waterfield, a painter, and Lina Waterfield (granddaughter of Lucie Duff Gordon, who wrote the Victorian best-seller \u003ci\u003eLetters from Egypt \u003c\/i\u003ein 1865). From the age of five and until she was sent to boarding school in England, Kinta was raised in the Fortezza della Brunella in northern Tuscany, an inhospitable castle on a rock with views of the Carraras. In 1993, at the age of 82, she published \u003ci\u003eA Tuscan Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of her youth in Italy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491700085010,"sku":"9780375704260","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3865c46-eae5-4997-93cc-e9abe57c9c25.jpg?v=1730550582","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tuscan-childhood-9780375704260","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}