He meets the ethereal Caterina, a woman who seems to gear the sadness…Ħ. Haunted by recent events in his life, he takes to walking the streets at midnight. Jack Squire is a successful currency trader on business in Venice. The themes, self-discovery and redemption, have the air of a bygone age, despite the novel being set in contemporary Venice… There is something very old-fashioned and reassuring about Salley Vickers’ novel Miss Garnet’s Angel. Simon Rakes – a conservation expert – is restoring The Stone Virgin, a statue that cost the life of its creator in the… Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain’s most important novelists. It’s hard to imagine a more romantic real-life story than the long and forbidden love affair of the 18th Century Venetian nobleman Andrea Memmo and a half English beauty called Giustiniana Wynne. Beneath the exquisite façade of the world’s most beautiful historic city…Ģ. Taking the fire that destroyed the Fenice theatre in 1996 as its starting point, John Berendt creates a unique and unforgettable portrait of Venice and its extraordinary inhabitants. The City of Fallen Angels by John Berendt These are ten of our favourite books set in Venice – as rated by members of the TripFiction community. Find out more about any of them by clicking on the cover image… And let us know in the Comments Box below whether your favourites have been included… we’d love to hear from you! You can also check out our top 10 books set in Amsterdam and Paris.
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