A chance visit to the beautiful Ligurian town of Porto Venere, staying in a 900 year-old tower, Torre Capitolare (https://www.capitolare.com/) gave us the opportunity to meet not only with medieval history, the Republic of Genoa and Pisa, the Castle of the Doria, but also with the Romantic ports: Byron, Keats, Percy Shelly and the great Mary Shelly, author of the novel "Frankenstein".
Thanks to our partner, Explore Worldwide (Exlore Worldwide) we have the opportunity to share with you the unforgettable trip and follow in the footsteps of the literary greats, from their memorable story-telling stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, to Tuscany, Liguria, Ravenna, Venice and Rome.
Love, death passion, lots of animals and lots of sex... you'll find it all in this special episode.
124 – Troubled Tuscan times and Boccaccio's Decameron
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123 – The Tuscan scene and Florence rising (1302 – 1327)
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122 – Braccio da Montone's last stand (1417 – 1424)
121 Braccio da Montone, Lord of Perugia (1407 – 1417)
120 – Braccio da Montone, early life of a condottiero (1368 – 1406)
119 – Joanna II of Naples and some schism fixing
118 Sicily goes Spanish and Naples gets big ideas (1372 – 1414)
The bagpipes of resistance – Crossover ep. with "The History of England"
117 – Eleonora of Arborea and the fall of Sardinia (1326 – 1410)
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116 – Venice in mortal peril (1356 – 1400)
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115 – Hard times for Venice, a very naughty doge and some funny names (1339 – 1356)
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114 – More Milan and popey come home (1345 – 1385)
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