Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City TC_Bestseller “a book to think with

“a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day” (Harper’s Magazine)

a place seemingly immune from the racial laws of Fascist Italy

After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow

and she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one

Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City TC_Bestseller “a book to think withA sweeping and comprehensive history of Venicefrom its formation in the early Middle Ages to the present daythat traces its evolution as a city, city state, regional power, and overseas empire. No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth century poet Petrarch