Focusing on the Italian lakes, this is one of a series of guides to popular regions of Europe. Information is presented in magazine style, with self-contained spread layouts, panels and boxes throughout. The book also includes a gazetteer, an atlas section, practical information, tours and walks.
Richard Sale (1946-) is a physicist, with a PhD in astrophysics. After working as a glaciologist in Switzerland and then in the UK power industry he gave up fulltime physics for his first loves – birds and the Arctic. He has written and taken photographs for many books, including To the Ends of the Earth: The History of Polar Exploration and various travel guides.