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- Location(s): United States (USA), Eastern Europe, Venice
- Genre(s): Horror, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 18th century
A celebration of the Gothic gloom in a powerful and evocative theme throughout the nineteenth literary century. Gordon Pym, Alice in Wonderland and Jules Verne as a universal view of travelling. This novel pays tribute to Edgar Allan Poe...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count’s best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger man as his son. Under...
- Location(s): London, Venice
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Victorian Era
In the gossip-fuelled world of Victorian London, Persephone Lavelle is the name on everyone’s lips. As Mary’s secret identity is exposed and rumours fly, she flees the scandal by escaping to Venice. Lost among the twisting alleyways and shadowy...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1899
Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . . 1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst...
- Location(s): Venice
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Various
Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets that only Venetians know. With everything from...