Florence: A Delicate Case (Writer And The City)Why has Florence always drawn so many English and American visitors? (At the turn of the century, the Anglo American population numbered more than thirty thousand.) Why have men and women fleeing sex scandals traditionally settled here? What is it about Florence that has made it so fascinating and so repellent to artists and writers over the years? Moving fleetly between present and past and exploring characters both real and fictional, Leavitt's