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- ↑ Maxwell, Kenneth (29 December 1985). "Startling Normality". The New York Times . Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ↑ David Gilmour (13 November 2012). The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples. ISBN 978-0374533601.
