
In August 1947 Diana Athill travelled to Florence by the Golden Arrow train for a two-week holiday with her good friend Pen In this playful diary of that trip Athill recorded her observations & adventures
- eating with (and paid for by) the hopeful men they meet on their travels admiring architectural sights sampling delicious pastries eking out their budget & getting into scrapes Written with an arresting immediacy & infused with an exhilarating joie de vivre A Florence Diary is a bright colourful evocation of a time long lost & a vibrant portrait of a city that will be deliciously familiar to any contemporary traveller