When was the story of San Michele published?
The Story of San Michele is a book of memoirs by Swedish physician Axel Munthe (October 31, 1857 – February 11, 1949) first published in 1929 by British publisher John Murray.
How did Axel Munthe become aware of San Michele?
One thing that puzzled me was a Swedish flag floating amongst the Italian flags. This is when I became aware of Axel Munthe extraordinary life and story. Upon my return in Sydney Australia I researched a little more about it and doing so I was steered towards The Story of San Michele.
What did San Michele do for a living?
He also associated with the very poorest of people, including Italian immigrants in Paris and plague victims in Naples, as well as rural people such as the residents of Capri, and the Nordic Lapplanders. He was an unabashed animal lover, and animals figure prominently in several stories.
Where did Francesco Munthe build the Villa San Michele?
Munthe went to medical school in France and then opened a medical practice in Paris. He later assisted in the 1884 cholera epidemic in Naples. In 1887, he managed to buy the ruined chapel, and subsequently spent much of his life on Capri building the Villa San Michele.
The Story of San Michele is a book of memoirs by Swedish physician Axel Munthe first published in 1929. The Story of San Michele has 32 chapters. It is a series of overlapping vignettes, roughly but not entirely in chronological order. It contains reminiscences of many periods of his life.
Where was the House of San Michele located?
In this 1929 volume, he offers an account of San Michele, a house he built on the site of Roman emperor Tiberius’s villa on the Isle of Capri off Italy’s southern coast. His weaving of the story of the house with Italian history, mythology, and culture is reminiscent of 18th- and 19th-century travelogs.
One thing that puzzled me was a Swedish flag floating amongst the Italian flags. This is when I became aware of Axel Munthe extraordinary life and story. Upon my return in Sydney Australia I researched a little more about it and doing so I was steered towards The Story of San Michele.
He also associated with the very poorest of people, including Italian immigrants in Paris and plague victims in Naples, as well as rural people such as the residents of Capri, and the Nordic Lapplanders. He was an unabashed animal lover, and animals figure prominently in several stories.
