Jonathan Keates

La Serenissima

The Story of Venice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' Ã â â 'the Most Serene Republic' Ã â â to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 126mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781789545067
• ISBN-10: 1789545064
• Artikelnr.: 67255840

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Keates is a historian and writer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a former Trustee of the London Library, and was Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund. He is the author of a number of acclaimed biographies, including works on Handel, Purcell and Stendhal, as well as several travel books about Italy. For his services to promoting Italian culture in the UK, he was recently honoured with the prestigious Ordine della Stella d'Italia.

Rezensionen

'Elegant... Both richly informative and as dripping in images as the city itself' New Statesman