Sunday Herald Life - Chronicle of fearful times
Iris Origo's life (1902-1988) contained two significant changes in direction. She was born in England but, after falling in love with an Italian marchese she settled in Italy. When her adopted homeland was engulfed by war she refocused her writing, turning from biographies of other people (Byron's daughter Allegra, Giacomo Leopardi) to an account about herself and those around her...
