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“Florence: Ordeal by Water was absolutely indispensable
during my research for Still Life. Here, finally, was a vivid
eye-witness account of the 1966 flood that devastated Florence. Utterly
compelling.” Sarah Winman, international
bestselling author of Still Life.

This is a vivid eyewitness account of the 1966 flooding of
the River Arno in Florence by the American writer and historian Kathrine
Kressmann Taylor. Her infinitely moving
diary of the days of the flood, and those that followed, detail how the
citizens of Florence strove against the choking sea of mud that engulfed their
homes, possessions, shops and art.

Published in a beautiful gift hardback edition, with an
introduction by acclaimed art historian and journalist, Vanessa Nicolson, Florence:
Ordeal by Water documents the disaster in vivid and compassionate detail.