“He proved to be one of the four thousand lawyers of Naples, ninety per cent of whom – surplus to the needs of the courts – had never practised, and who for the most part lived in extreme penury.”

— Norman Lewis , book Naples '44

Naples '44

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British travel writer 1908–2003

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