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Venice, EPUB eBook

Venice EPUB

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In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon and the tourist invasions of today. There are wars and sieges, scandals and seductions, fountains playing in deserted squares and crowds thronging the markets. And there is a dark undertone too, of shadowy corners and dead ends, prisons and punishment.

We could have no better guide to this most exceptional of cities - reading Ackroyd's Venice is, in itself, a glorious journey and the perfect holiday.

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  • Format:EPUB
  • Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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  • ISBN:9780385531535

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  • Format:EPUB
  • Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication Date:
  • ISBN:9780385531535