Etruscans: a Beginning

15,2 x 22,8

15,00€

Notes about the book and the author.

As important as they were, in the short historical period of 800 years, almost 3000 years ago, the Etruscans have been forgotten by the world. Most of the non-Italians, don't even know that they existed, or at what point of the human history. Nowhere else than in Italy (specially in central Italy) Etruscans are so celebrated. If you're Italian, you don't even have an option...you study this in school...if you're a foreigner, you may get some foggy facts on some guidebooks or occasional translated booklets at some museums.
This book fills in an empty space. The true Who, What, Why, When and Where of the Etruscan, without being too technical and annoying, or too simple as an "Etruscan for Dummies". 
I am Italian, and I have studied the Etruscans at school first and for pleasure after. This is an extremely good source of Informations, if you want to know more. And I also found it amusing and well written. 

Alessandra Federici -  Il Girasole

Philancy Holder and editor husband Tomas Pallen teach at Austin Peay State University, a small liberal art institution in Clarksville, Tennessee. Through their association with the University of Georgia Programs Abroad, they discovered Cortona and, in 1985 became part time residents. For the present they spend their summers there, doing research on Italian projects and enjoying Cortona's piazze, palazzi and people.

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