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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

Venice

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  The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

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  Beginning as an investigation into the fire that destroyed the historic Fenice theatre in 1996, Berendt's book meanders broadly through the murky world of the city, taking in all manner of weird and wonderful characters. Though perhaps lacking the cohesive potency of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' - for which the author was shortlisted for the Pulitzer - this is nonetheless a deeply interesting and enjoyable account of contemporary Venice.

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  The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione

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  Written in the early 16th century, Castiglione attempts to describe the ultimate virtues of the courtier. A charming description of Renaissance manners.

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  The Italian City Republics by Daniel Waley & Trevor Dean

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  Between the 11th and the 14th century many Italian towns were independently governed, Waley and Dean explore the social and artistic history of these small republics including their religious beliefs, architecture and the role of women.

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  The Siege of Venice by Jonathan Keates

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  A thrilling history of the epic siege of 1848 in which the Venetians undertook an heroic year-long resistance of the imperialist Habsburg forces. With meticulous detail and great narrative drive Keates renders the ordeal consistently enthralling.

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  The Stones of Florence / Venice Observed by Mary McCarthy

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  Two fantastically rich portraits of two great cities, in which the considerable artistic and architectural splendours of the past persist in the daily spectacle of carnival and commerce. The quality of McCarthy's writing is astonishing - utterly hypnotic - and it cannot be recommended highly enough.

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  The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage by Jan Morris

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  In this classic fusion of history and travelogue, Morris travels the great trade routes along which the Republic of Venice operated for six centuries its glorious maritime empire. An unusual, beguiling and fascinating book.

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  A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich

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  Modestly titled, this is as far as we are concerned the only history of Venice worth reading. Norwich approaches his subject with great knowledge and passion, and tells its story with consummate skill. Monumental in scope, rich in detail and brilliant in execution, this is a truly fine book.

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  The Liquid Continent - Volume II: Venice by Nicholas Woodsworth

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  The second volume of Woodsworth's magnificent Mediterranean trilogy finds him in Venice, where his considerable skills of observation and description, not to mention a crucial sense of the absurd, really come into their own. Haus's small hardback edition is a treat as ever.