Frommer's Northern Italy: including Venice, Milan & the Lakes

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Summary: Despite their reputation, this volume didn't do the trick...
Review: I'm in the advanced planning stages for my trip to Northern Italy and I was hoping this edition would provide useful information and insight for me. Unfortunately, for all its listings, this book is remarkable in its LACK of detail. It might come in somewhat handy once you're ON the trip, but does little to help you prepare for it.

Also, in trying to cover such vast regions of the area, the individual cities and villages are under reported.