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Explore Rome through its living pages—where statues, graves, and lamp-lit towers tie the city to famous writers.
This edition gathers the places and stories that connect literary figures to the streets of modern Rome, from quiet churchyards to bustling avenues. Read about Hilda’s Tower, Keats and Shelley, Hawthorne, and the many tablets that mark a writer’s passage through the Eternal City.
Follow a guided sense of place that blends legend with history. The book highlights how the city’s corners preserve memory, drama, and art, inviting both curiosity and reflection as you walk its routes.
- Visit Hilda’s Tower and its lamp, tied to a village legend and Hawthorne’s note in The Marble Faun.
- Learn where Keats lies and how Severn described his final days beside the Pyramid of Caius Cestius.
- See Shelley's grave in the Protestant Cemetery and the famous inscription from The Tempest.
- Spot tablets and monuments that mark authors’ lodgings, visits, and connections across Rome’s great streets.
Ideal for readers of literary history and travelers who want a thoughtful, tangible tour of Rome.
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