Books set in Tuscany, Italy

Beyond Florence: a hill town of towers where the English come to grief, and a month among Siena’s painters, squares and walls.

1 place, 2 books,

Tuscany

2019
A Month in SienaUn mois à Sienne
Hisham Matar · memoir · 2019
A month alone with the Sienese painters, walking the city from the Campo to its gates.
1905
Where Angels Fear to TreadMonteriano
E. M. Forster · novel · 1905
An English widow marries in a Tuscan town of towers, and her in-laws come to interfere.

Updated October 2026