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Villa La Pietra in the News

  • Country Life, July 19, 2007
  • London Times Magazine, June 2, 2007

Bibliography

By Sir Harold

  • Acton, Sir Harold. "Villa La Pietra: Sir Harold Acton's Florentine Aesthetic." Architectural Digest January 1990: 75-83.
  • Acton, Harold. "An Anglo-Florentine Collection." Apollo 1965: 273-283.
  • Acton, Harold. Memoirs of an Aesthete. London: Methuen, 1948.
  • Acton, Harold. More Memoirs of Aesthete. New York: Viking Press, 1970.

Articles in Chronological Order

  • Richardson, Tim. "Set in Stone." Country Life July 2007: 58-62.
  • Attlee, Helena. "A Garden with a View." New York Times Magazine. June 2004: 110-112.
  • Mead, Andrew. "Italian Evergreen." AJ Landscape. February 2004: 28-36.
  • Bachrach, Judy. "Florentine Mischief." Vanity Fair. December 2003: 258-280.
  • Giovannini, Joseph. "As Befits an Old Villa, Restoration and Rumor." New York Times 11 December 2003.
  • Traub, James. "Italian Hours." Travel and Leisure. July 2003: 84-90.
  • Chaney, Edward. "Epilogue: Sir Harold Acton 1904-94." The Evolution of the Grand Tour. 1998: 377-382.
  • Plante, David. "A Last Fantasy in Florence." The New Yorker. July 1995.
  • Schultz, Patricia. "An Italian Idyll." Garden and Design Spring. 1987: 48-54.
  • Lees-Milne, Alvide. "Sir Harold Acton 'Italy.'" The Englishman's Room. 1986: 9-10.