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Book Cover for: The World of Venice: Revised Edition, Jan Morris

The World of Venice: Revised Edition

Jan Morris

A fascinating exploration of the history, sights, seasons, arts, food, and people of an incomparable city. "A highly intelligent portrait of an eccentric city, written in powerful prose and enlivened by many curious mosaics of information...a beautiful book to read and to possess" (The Observer). New Foreword by the Author. Index.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: Oct 14th, 1981
  • Pages: 304
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.81in - 1.18lb
  • EAN: 9780544313262
  • Categories: • Europe - Italy• Europe - Italy

About the Author

Morris, Jan: - "Jan Morris (1926 - 2020) served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times and the Guardian before launching into a successful career as a novelist, history author, and travel writer. Her books include Last Letters from Hav, Fifty Years of Europe, Conundrum, Hong Kong, Oxford, The World of Venice, and Farewell the Trumpets."

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