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Where Lady Chatterley danced naked through the vines with her Sicilian lover Frank Barrett visits Taormina,home to D.H.Lawrence in the 1920s and inspiration for his classic tale of lust
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Mail on Sunday
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September 11, 2005| Author:
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WALKING beyond the limits of Corso Umberto, the pedestrianised
main street of Taormina, is not something you undertake lightly.
Sicilian road users drive with a terrifying disregard for their own
and other people's safety anybody crazy enough to stroll the narrow
highways (most of which are pavement-free) is taking his life in his
hands.
On the point of turning back after one nervy excursion, I suddenly
spotted a street sign saying 'Via David Herbert Lawrence', better
known as D.H.
Lawrence, author of Lady Chatterley's Lover. But why here?
The lady at the tourist office felt sure Lawrence ...
