The author tells the story of how she came to be left a beautiful house on a hillside overlooking the pretty town of Taormina on the east coast of Sicily. Originally intending to immediately sell it, she soon fell /5(81). · "A House in Sicily" by Daphne Phelps was not exactly what I was expecting. It's the story of Casa Cuseni near Mt. Etna in Sicily which Daphne Phelps unexpectedly inherits when her uncle dies. She is 34 years old and speaks no Italian, yet she goes to /5. A house in Sicily. by. Phelps, Daphne. Publication date. Topics. Phelps, Daphne, Phelps, Daphne, Homes, Manners and customs. Publisher. London: www.doorway.ru Interaction Count:
A House in Sicily by Daphne Phelps ISBN ISBN Paperback; New York: Carroll Graf Publishers, ; ISBN In , Daphne Phelps, an English social worker, inherited a spectacular house -- Casa Cuseni -- in Taormina, Sicily. Her memoir, "A House in Sicily," provides the reader with a year account. A House in Sicily by Daphne Phelps is available on Amazon www.doorway.ru and is the perfect read for your Sicilian holiday. I would percent recommend reading the book even if you have not visited Sicily as all the characters are thoroughly eccentric and entertaining.
The captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the "most beautiful house in Sicily" For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has extended her English charm and warm hospitality to seasoned travelers and professional escapists as well as to writers and artists like Tennessee Williams, Bertrand Russell, Henr. Daphne Phelps () A House in Sicily, London, Virago. ISBN External links. Obituary in The Guardian, 28 January Obituary in The Telegraph, 17 December History of Kitson and Phelps Families. Casa Cuseni official website; References. A House in Sicily Daphne Phelps, Author, Denis Mack Smith, Introduction by Carroll Graf Publishers $25 (p) ISBN Buy this book In this charming memoir, Phelps recounts how.
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