Renaissance Palladio style is all around us today, from Buckingham Palace to the White House, to stately homes in the US, UK, and other countries. The author travels along the Brenta River in northeastern Italy to experience the surviving original Palladian villas designed by Aldra Palladio. Accompanying him on this journey, the reader learns much about the Renaissance and the great architect with humble beginnings whose life work lives with us today. Scribner UK. 2003. Paper. NEW. $5.00