Venice
by Jan Morris
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Travel, Travel, and History.
The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written about the city.'Entertaining, ironical, witty, high spirited and appreciative . . . Both melancholy and gay and worldly, I think of it now as among the best books on Venice; indeed as the best modern book about a city that I have ever read.' Geoffrey Grigson'One of t...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Travel, Travel, and History.
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Carl Bildt
“Jan Morris deserves a superb obituary. Her books Venice, Trieste and many others are jewels for eternity.”
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