author
Best known for a richly detailed guide to Pisa, this little-known writer left behind a vivid snapshot of the city’s art, architecture, and everyday life at the start of the 20th century.

by Eve Destantins Anthony
Eva Destantins-Anthony is credited as the author of Pisa and Its Environs: An Historical, Artistic and Commercial Guide, a guidebook published in 1902. The book presents Pisa for travelers through history, art, landmarks, and practical local detail, suggesting a writer with a strong interest in making the city legible and appealing to visitors.
Reliable biographical information about her appears to be very limited. Library and book records consistently connect her name with this Pisa guide, and some catalogs also list the French title Une journée à Pise, which appears to be the same work or a closely related edition.
Because so little confirmed background information is readily available, her life remains somewhat obscure today. What does survive is her work itself: an engaging period guide that preserves how Pisa was introduced to readers and travelers in the early 1900s.