Table of Contents

Prologue 5 1. Two Hundred and Forty Steps 9 2. Nothing Gay about Gabriel 52 3. Fish and Fidelity 72 4. A Date with Caravaggio 103 5. Birds Obsessed with Sex 120 6. Truffles with Everything 150 7. Dinner with a Princess 162 8. An Erotic Tour of Venice 182 9. A Figure in Black and Blue 205 10. On Rimini Beach 221 11. Tea at the Grand Hotel 251 12. Unconditional Love 267 Afterword 286

About the Author

Helena Frith Powell is a journalist who writes for The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail and regularly appears on programmes such as Richard & Judy. This is her third book. She previously published bestselling Two Lipsticks and a Lover and More France Please.

Reviews

'You really must read... Ciao Bella.' Sunday Times 'Magical.' Daily Mail 'Richly comic.' Sunday Times Best Memoir 'Humorous.' Daily Telegraph 'Beautifully written... I wanted to follow in Helena's footsteps round Italy.' Kate Figes 'I defy anyone not to enjoy it.' Harrow Observer 'A travel book with a difference.' Coventry Evening Telegraph