Norman Douglas

Calabria. A dramatic peninsula of rugged mountains and windswept coastlines facing Sicily—'the most beautiful kilometre in Italy'—wrote Gabriele d'Annunzio of its coastline. Though steeped in a rich and ancient past, Calabria had been lost from view when Norman Douglas visited in the early 1900s. Long familiar with southern Italy, the region captivated him, and the wild and unspoilt landscape inspired...