Download or read book The Madman of Venice written by Sophie Masson and published by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he comes to Venice in 1602 to investigate pirate attacks on merchant ships, Master Ashby is entreated to find a Jewish girl who has disappeared from the Venice Ghetto amid a powerful countess's accusations of witchcraft.
Download or read book The Madman of Venice written by Sophie Masson and published by Ember. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he comes to Venice in 1602 to investigate pirate attacks on merchant ships, Master Ashby is entreated to find a Jewish girl who has disappeared from the Venice Ghetto amid a powerful countess's accusations of witchcraft.
Download or read book Consuelo written by George Sand and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Artist in Venice written by Adam Van Doren and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The city of Venice has always provided an almost irresistible lure for both writers and artists. Henry James loved it, as did Ruskin, Browning, Pound, and Brodsky. For artists, it has been a compulsory magnet since the time of Bellini and Canaletto. By the nineteenth century there was hardly an artist of note -- Whistler and Turner, Sargent and Prendergast, Sickert and Bonington -- who was not seduced by the city's charms, history, and aesthetic heritage. For the depiction of Venice by artists, it's a high bar that s been set, but Adam Van Doren, grandson of the Pulitzer-prize-winning poet Mark Van Doren, convincingly confronts the competition in this charming memoir, a verbal and visual account of his love affair with the city. His story is personal; like all other artists, he sees the city with and through his own eyes, but he is also well-informed historically. He laces his tour with information, opinion, and citation. With Van Doren as guide, the reader's tour of the city is rich and convincing, filled with the presence of illustrious predecessors. With an informed preface by the scholar Theodore Rabb and a charming foreword by Simon Winchester, with 21 full-color drawings by the author/artist, and even six pages of commendably lucid "Notes" on the personalities and structures discussed, this is a book that will proudly take its place alongside the many others that have celebrated this city for centuries."--Publisher description.
Download or read book Venice is a Fish A Cultural Guide written by Tiziano Scarpa and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Every year, hundreds of books on the city are published, but none resembles this one' - Independent 'This gem of a book offers practical advice but in a distinctly lyrical tone. If you are lucky enough to be going there, take Venice is a Fish and you will want for nothing' - Sunday Telegraph Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets that only Venetians know. With everything from practical advice for aspiring Venetian lovers to hints at where to find the best bacaro, Scarpa waves the tourist in the right direction and, without naming a single restaurant, hotel or bar, relates the secret language needed to experience the real Venice. So ignore the street signs - why fight the labyrinth? Venice, the fish, is ready to swallow you whole.
Download or read book The Girl from Venice written by Martin Cruz Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cenzo is a world-weary fisherman, determined to sit out the rest of the war. He's happy to stay out of the way of the SS, quietly going about his business of fishing in the lagoons of northern Italy. Then one night, instead of pulling in his usual haul, Cenzo fishes a young woman out of the canal. Guilia is an Italian Jew who has managed to escape capture and is determined to find her family. This meeting results in them both taking an entirely unexpected journey, and Cenzo suddenly finds himself thrown headlong into the world of international wartime politics, where everyone has their own agenda and nowhere is safe ...
Download or read book The Madman s Gallery written by Edward Brooke-Hitching and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought to light from the depths of libraries, museums, dealers, and galleries around the world, these forgotten artistic treasures include portraits of oddballs such as the British explorer with a penchant for riding crocodiles, and the Italian monk who levitated so often he's recognized as the patron saint of airplane passengers. Discover impossible medieval land yachts, floating churches, and eagle-powered airships. Encounter dog-headed holy men, armies of German giants, 18th-century stuntmen, human chessboards, screaming ghost heads, and more marvels of the human imagination. A captivating odditorium of obscure and engaging characters and works, each expertly brought to life by historian and curator of the strange Edward Brooke-Hitching, here is a richly illustrated and entertaining gallery for lovers of outré art and history.
Download or read book Beatrice of Venice written by Max Pemberton and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Wagner and Venice written by John W. Barker and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Wagner's lengthy stays in Venice, his death there, and the meaning of his works -- and his death -- for that great city and its mystique.
Download or read book The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian written by Marco Polo and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East Newly Translated and Edited with Notes by Henry Yule written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Venetian Life written by William Dean Howells and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Venetian Life" by William Dean Howells After earning acclaim for his writing in Lincoln's campaign, Howells was sent to Venice as a consul. Life in this beautiful and historic city was unlike anything the writer was used to, and, as such, he felt compelled to keep detailed notes of his experiences. In this book, he collects his thoughts and experiences living in Venice to bring the floating city to people around the world.
Download or read book Venetian Life written by William Dean Howells and published by Leipzig : B. Tauschnitz. This book was released on 1883 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daniele Manin and the Venetian Revolution of 1848 49 written by Paul Ginsborg and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1979-07-26 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sword of Venice written by Thomas Quinn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-12-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patriarchs Giovanni Soranzo and Antonio Ziani set aside their personal vendettas in order to save their beloved city of Venice.
Download or read book Venice and Venetia written by Edward Hutton and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
