A Venetian Affair, (Paperback)

from jcelrod

A beautiful story, half based on historical fact and embellished by the author's imagination.

from candyschultz

Another book set in Venice, which I thoroughly loved, is A Venetian Affair by Andrea Di Robilant. Di Robilant uses a trove of love letters from the eighteenth century to weave a tale of romance and intrigue in "the twilight of the golden era of Venice". The letters belonged to an ancestor of the ...

from mbmackay

What an unexpected gem of a book! Based on the correspondence of the two lovers, it tells the sorry of a 17th century romance between a venetian patrician and his lover, high class, but not marriageable by the arcane rules of Venice at thetime. It is written by a direct descendant of the male "le...

from bookworm12

I was bored to tears by this one. It's the nonfiction account of a love affair that took place in the 18th century in Venice. The author wrote the book after his father found a collection of letters between their ancestor, a Venetian nobleman, and a young woman. It started out strong and quickly ...

from Smiler69

The words 'Forbidden Love' in the title attracted me to this book. And it sounded so great in the description. It was mostly set in Venice, so that was nice, but otherwise I shouldn't have wasted my time finishing it. Yawn.