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In need of a new beach read?

After visiting Capri at the age of seventeen, Swedish physician Axel Munthe fell in love with a ruined chapel built on the ruins of Roman Emperor Tiberius' villa located high above the sea. Thirteen years later, he bought it and started the process of constructing his dream home.

San Michele boasts the most stunning views of the island, alongside a villa filled with treasures, antiquities and mysteries. Read the fabulous first-hand tale of how it came to be!

The Story of San Michele, $17.67

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