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The people who lived in the Villa in the 1950s, those who worked on a daily basis with Berenson, and those who met him when they came to visit I Tatti, recount what type of a man he was – his interests, his research, his style, his flirtations - and his last years.

 


William Mostyn Owen

BB's curiosity about people from lumberjacks to (possibly) call girls


William Mostyn-Owen

BB and women: flirtations and jealousies in his 90's


Walter Kaiser

BB's advice to a young man on what should be seen in Florence


Walter Kaiser

On Berenson's need for conversation


Walter Kaiser

Berenson's many languages; his likes and dislikes...'Icononense!'


William Mostyn-Owen

On the road' for BB


Fiorella Superbi Gioffredi

Working in the Library for BB amidst books and bad tempers


William Mostyn-Owen

Lists and more lists


Myron Laskin

Berenson's reserve


Michael Rinehart

Elderly Berenson: frail but still social and quick-witted


Anna Terni

Fragile but with 'un viso sorridente' and a passion for his Library (in Italian)

Translation


John Walker
(as told by Gillian Walker)

John Walker and Gillian Walker- loyalty and appreciation for BB


William Mostyn Owen

BB's worries and concerns in his last years


Fiorella Superbi Gioffredi

BB's death and funeral


Myron Laskin

At BB's funeral

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