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Recently we hosted two well known American authors\u00a0 at Casa Tolomei. Tom and Laura McNeal were visiting Tuscany during their research for a new novel on Penini,\u00a0 the son of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.<\/p>\nRecently we hosted two well known American authors\u00a0 at Casa Tolomei. Tom and Laura McNeal were visiting Tuscany during their research for a new novel on Penini,\u00a0 the son of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.<\/p>\n
The English poets and their son were summer residents at Casa Tolomei during the 1850s.\u00a0 Elizabeth loved the villa and wrote many letters about their stay, whereas Robert wrote some famous poetry in the blue room (his study),\u00a0 including ‘In a Balcony’.<\/p>\n
Penini himself thought he was in paradise, the moment he arrived from Florence. He loved playing in the garden on the swing and having tea parties with his friends on the little stone benches, walking their dog Flush along the river with Wilson their maid and Ferdinando the cook, playing with rabbits and donkey riding.<\/p>\n
Tom and Laura are two wonderful people and we were delighted to have them with us. Their enthusiasm for the house and its history was a treat,\u00a0 and we deeply enjoyed their company.\u00a0 They are also two great authors.\u00a0 So far I read Laura’s The Practice House<\/em> and Tom’s Far, Far Away<\/em> and loved them both.<\/p>\n Can’t wait to read Laura’s novel on Penini!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently we hosted two well known American authors\u00a0 at Casa Tolomei. Tom and Laura McNeal were visiting Tuscany during their research for a new novel on Penini,\u00a0 the son of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. The English poets and their son were summer residents at Casa Tolomei during the 1850s.\u00a0 Elizabeth loved the villa and … <\/p>\n