Notes from a Roman Terrace

Download or read book Notes from a Roman Terrace written by Joan Marble and published by Transworld Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan Marble has lived in a 16th-century Roman Palazzo apartment for 30 years. A lifetime of integrating with the Romans and gardening on her beloved terrace above the rooftops has resulted in this memoir. Highly personal and containing anecdote, history, and insight, Joan's experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with The Women's Gardening Club of Rome.