Author Description

Apennine Crossings Follows A Modern Mountain Route Across Italy: That Of The 'great Apennine Excursion', Whilst Moving Back And Forth In Time, From The Middle Ages To The Second World War And From Pilgrims Merchants And Tourists To Soldiers, Partisans And Poets. It Interweaves The Stories Of Past Travellers In The Region With The Narrative Of A Walk Across The Ridge Of The Northern Apennines, Viisiting High Passes, Remote Lakes And Ancient Sanctuaries. The Travellers' Stories Are Drawn From A Wide Range Of Published And Unpublished Sources (letters, Journals, Memoirs, Poems) And They Illustrate A Number Of Themes: The Social And Religious Culture Of The Northern Apennines, The Perceptions Of Mountains; The Development Of Literary Tourism And The Impact Of Twentieth-century Warfare. The Book Includes 24 Illustrations, With Maps For The Whole Route And For The Sections Covered By Each Of The Seven Chapters-- Provided By Publisher.