The Companion Guide To Florence

this Is A Book To Read Before You Go, To Carry With You And To Re-read On Your Return.' Spectator 'a Sure And Illuminating Guide.' Sunday Times The City State Of Florence Led The Rest Of The Western World In Art, Science And Political Idealism In The Middle Ages. This Early Richness, The Importance Of The Achievements Of Its Famous Sons, Including Dante, Giotto, Leonardo And Michelangelo, The Great Quantity Of Visible Remains, Make Florence As A City To Visit Both Alluring And Challenging. In True 'companion Guide' Manner, This Book Describes, With The Knowledge And Insight Distilled From Long Residence In Florence, And With An Art Historian's Eye, What Is To Be Seen And Its Place In History.