{"product_id":"9781565124738","title":"The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Days in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Days in Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of Orvieto, an ancient city in the less-trodden region of Umbria. Rich with history and a vivid sense of place, her tale is by turns romantic and sensual, joyous and celebratory, as she and her husband search for a home in this city on a hill—finding one that turns out to be the former ballroom of a dilapidated sixteenth-century palazzo. Along the way, de Blasi befriends an array of colorful characters, including cooks and counts and shepherds and a lone violinist, cooking her way into the hearts of her Umbrian neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with life and kissed by romance, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady in the Palazzo\u003c\/i\u003e perfectly captures the essence of a singular place and offers up a feast—and the recipes to prepare it!—for readers of all stripes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030728655088,"sku":"9781565124738","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565124738_p0.jpg?v=1763788220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565124738","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}