ROBERT I.C. FISHER's interest in Italian history and culture began while studying the Renaissance at New York's Institute of Fine Arts. Escape to the Amalfi Coast was published in 1999 and he has since edited travel guides to Rome, Naples, and Florence (Fodor's Travel). His articles on art connoisseurship appeared in Town & Country and Art in America magazines. Today his photography appears under the name of Robinson Fisher. He lives in New York.