Iris Origo was one of the twentieth century's most attractive and
intriguing women, a brilliantly perceptive historian and biographer
whose works remains widely admired. Iris grew up in Italy with her
Irish mother after the death of her wealthy American father. They
settled in the Villa Medici in Florence, where they became part of
the colourful and privileged Anglo-Florentine set that included
Edith Wharton, Harold Acton and the Berensons.When Iris married
Antonio Origo, they bought and revived La Foce, a derelict stretch
of the beautiful Val d'Orcia valley in Tuscany and created an
estate that thrives to this day. During World War II they sided
firmly with the Allies, taking considerable risks in protecting
children and sheltering partisans and Iris's diary from that time,
War in Val d'Orcia, is now considered a modern classic. Caroline
Moorehead has drawn on many previously unpublished letters,
diaries, and papers to write the definitive biography of a very
remarkable woman.
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