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Venice: Pure City
Peter Ackroyd
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paperback. Tells 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. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 402.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099422563
SKU
V9780099422563
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet and broadcaster. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers London: The Biography, Thames: Sacred River and London Under; biographies of figures including Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock; and a multi-volume history of England. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society ... Read more
Reviews for Venice: Pure City
Yet another wonderful biography of a city
Lesley McDowell
The Independent on Sunday
He is brilliant on beginnings... Ackroyd covers an immense amount of ground with verve and elegance
Independent on Sunday
Ackroyd tells the story well...where he excels is in his descriptions...he writes beguilingly
Guardian
Ackroyd is hugely intelligent and formidably industrious; ... Read more
Lesley McDowell
The Independent on Sunday
He is brilliant on beginnings... Ackroyd covers an immense amount of ground with verve and elegance
Independent on Sunday
Ackroyd tells the story well...where he excels is in his descriptions...he writes beguilingly
Guardian
Ackroyd is hugely intelligent and formidably industrious; ... Read more