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Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. [Hardcover]

Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. [Hardcover]

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Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. [Hardcover]

by Norwich, John Julius

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NY. Doubleday (c2003) HARDCOVER. Fine/Fine dj. (a pristine copy: covers, text, & jacket clean/unmarked/crisp) 8vo. Frontispiece + 16 full page color + 8 black & white plates. Decorative endpapers. First Edition November 2003 so stated & per print line.

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John Julius Norwich is the author of histories of Venice and Byzantium, and of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Among his other works are books on architecture, music, and the history plays of Shakespeare, together with an annual anthology, A Christmas Cracker . He has written and presented some thirty historical documentaries for television and is a regular lecturer on a wide range of subjects. He is a former Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, Chairman of the World Monuments Fund in Britain, and a former member of the executive committee of the National Trust. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, the Royal Society of Literature, and the Royal Geographical Society, and a Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. He lives in London.

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Title
Paradise of Cities: Venice in the 19th Century. [Hardcover]
Author
Norwich, John Julius
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine/Fine dj. (a pristine copy: covers, text, & jacket clean/unmarked/crisp)
ISBN 10
0385509049
ISBN 13
9780385509046
Publisher
Doubleday
Place of Publication
NY.
Date Published
(c2003)
Pages
xxiv. + 336pp.
Keywords
19th Century Venice Italy Italian Cultural Intellectual History, John Ruskin, Henry James, Lord Byron George Gordon, 19th Century Venetian Cultural Life Intellectual History, Travel Venice Italy
Size
8vo.

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