A wonderfully informative and passionate bit of travel writing that literally got me on a flight to Italy when I was barely 10% in…

A well-written and affectionate survey, chapter by chapter, of different eras and regions of citrus cultivation in Italy: lemons in Sicily, in the arc around Palermo and on the slopes of Mount Etna; bergamot and citron in Calabria; oranges and lemons grown in defiance of the climate in Liguria and along the westerns shore of Lake Garda; and the use of citrus in all its variety in the aristocratic garden of the Renaissance, in Tuscany and elsewhere. 

A little bit repetitive but overall I really enjoyed this very niche non-fiction.

There are groves where the oranges are so full of juice that the sweetest most delicious juice gathers at the bottom of the globe. Perfect book to read in winter.

Delightful and fascinating, and actually very well written