'4 stars. Attlee who knows and loves Italy and the Italians takes the reader through the
country's scented gardens with her sharp descriptions pertinent stories and quotes and
intriguing recipes. I was there with her' Anna del Conte Sunday TelegraphA delightful book
about Italy's unexpected history told through its citrus fruitsThe story of citrus runs
through the history of Italy like a golden thread and by combining travel writing with history
recipes horticulture and art Helena Attlee takes the reader on a unique and rich journey
through Italy's cultural moral culinary and political past.'Fascinating . . . A distinguished
garden writer Attlee fell under the spell of citrus over ten years ago and the book like the
eleventh labour of Hercules to steal the golden fruit of the Hesperides is the result. She
writes with great lucidity charm and gentle humour and wears her considerable learning
lightly . . . Helena Attlee's elegant absorbing prose and sure-footed ability to combine the
academic with the anecdotal make The Land Where Lemons Grow a welcome addition to the library
of citrologists and Italophiles alike' The Times Literary Supplement 'A paradise of citrus is
how I always think of Italy too: a place where ice-cold limoncello is sipped from tiny glasses
on piazzas and everything from ricotta cake to osso bucco is enlivened with zest. What a joy
therefore to read Helena Attlee's The Land Where Lemons Grow which tells the story of Italy
through its citrus fruit' Bee Wilson Telegraph
