Lionel Aggett's Italy || Lionel Aggett

This is an intriguing book because it’s about as near as I’ve seen the printed page get to a film documentary.

Lionel Aggett has been in love with Italy for most of his life and this sumptuously illustrated volume records his travels in Puglia, Umbria, Tuscany and Venice. The finished paintings, most of them pastels, are the staple of the pages, but there are also sketchbooks, sketch diaries, maps, photographs and words, all skilfully put together to tell a story. This is a book which pretty much turns its own pages; it’s far more than just a collection of pictures.

If you have any love at all for Italy, buy this book before they run out. Even if you know nothing of the country, it could easily convert you and you may find yourself revising your holiday plans! All travel books should be this good.

Halsgrove 2007
£34.99

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