Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-372) and index.
List of Illustrations; The Dream 1857 -- 1889; Empewow of Sina; Doctor Munthe; Letters from Naples; Avenue de Villiers; The Misses from Medstugan; The Soul of the Mountains; Arabia; A Semblance of Married Life; Exile on Capri; Victoria 1889 -- 1930; Piazza di Spagna; The Crown Princess; The Dream of San Michele; A Demonic Talent; Tiberio; Hilda; The Queen; Red Cross & Iron Cross; Peace and War; Villa Svezia; The Story of San Michele; Death 1930 -- 1949; The Bestseller; The Missing Chapters; The Doctor and Death; The War; Nostalgia; Post Mortem; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations.
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"Axel Munthe: The Road to San Michele" tells for the first time the riveting life-story of an extraordinary individual, who came to define the times he lived in. The precociously bright son of a Swedish pharmacist, Axel Munthe worked under Jean Martin Charcot, and in 1880, became the youngest doctor in French history. By the 1890s, he was world-famous for his healing powers, believed by some to be supernatural. He moved in the most colourful and exalted circles of fin de siecle Europe, counting amongst his friends Henry James, Howard Carter, Rainer Maria Rilke, Lady Ottoline Morrell.
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Drömmen om San Michele.
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Road to San Michele
Munthe, Axel,1857-1949-- Homes and haunts-- Italy-- Capri Island.