I have not. Have to confess I needed to look her up. I've hopefully attached a Wikipedia link.

Looks like a very interesting person to read about or books she authored.

Here is a link that might be useful: Iris Origo @ Wikipedia

Thanks for that. Yes, I do know about her and have several of her books on order from Amazon. She lived in Tuscany and was an American-English-Irish-Italian mix, and a most interesting woman. Her books seem to be fairly well known so I was hoping for some feedback here. When I finish a few, I'll post feedback myself in case anyone else is interested.

Thanks I'll look her up.