Sir Harold Acton bol britský spisovateľ a učenec, ktorého život a dielo vzbudzovali fascináciu. Hoci sa často spája s literárnymi postavami, jeho vlastný autorský prínos spočíva v hlbokom porozumení umeniu a kultúre. Jeho štýl písania odráža jeho všestranné záujmy a intelektuálnu zvedavosť. Zanechal po sebe odkaz ako pozoruhodná postava svojej doby.
A memoir that offers a witty and vivid account of the first thirty-five years of the author's life (1904-39): from a boyhood among the dilettanti in Florence before the First World War, through his friendships with some of the great writers of his generation in Oxford and Paris, to his discovery of a spiritual home in Peking.
Profiles thirty villas from the area around Venice, Padua, and Treviso, built during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, illustrating the range of styles and the splendor of these magnificent homes