Customer Reviews
Cooffee table stunner - By: Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS, 18 Sep 2006 
Thankfully i managed to record all four episodes of Francescos very entertaining Top to Toe series on Italy onto disc.
His ladish exploitsin that gorgeous Alfa Spider made the series a more lite hearted affair to his magnificent Venice,and his influncein being one of the oldest Venitian families opened doors into fabulous palaces & villas that are barred to all members of the public.
Naturally he could not spend too longin the north of the country but witnessing Lucca, Puccinis birthplace & Bolognia the oldest universityin the world made what he did choose trully excelleny.Veronia was where Shakespeare based Romeo & Juiliet but Shakey never visited the place.
The highlite of the series for me was when he travelled further south to the deeply religious areas where devotion was taken to extreams.
The poverty of Naples & his mothers birthplace Palermoin Sicilli was a real journey into the real Italy that few tourists get to see.
This book brings all that & more into a highly illustrated story of Italy at its very best.
His Top to Toe series is too young to have been released onto dvd but this book is a taster of the treat yet to come.
Charmed by the Silver Fox - By: R Hamblyn, 22 Aug 2006 Francesco da Mosto, an engaging Venetian aristocrat, expands on his earlier fond tribute to his home city, to create a even fonder tribute to his home country. He is a great guide to the cultural pleasures & history of Italy, & his enthusiasm is infectious; the photosin the book are wonderful, too, & allin all, this would make a great gift for anyone who has ever been transported by (or to) Italy.
Francesco's Italy, Fantastic - By: Mrs. H. C. McCash, 26 Jun 2006 This is a wonderfully written book with beautiful pictures to support a super tour from the top to the bottom of Italy.
If you have been there it is a wonderful reminder, if you are new to this outstanding country it is taste of all that awaits you.
Francesco in text. - By: Dave Fingers, 24 Jun 2006 
A thoroughly enoyable read, & at the discounted price cannot be overlooked. I expected more submersionin the various regional cultures; somehow these do not transmit as well as they doin the TV series. However this must be one of the 2006 summer essentials for those of us who seek a little more than a package of short stop oversin provincial Italian towns.
