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The Water’s Daughter

The Water’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Michelle Lovric
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): timeless

An exquisitely imagined fantasy novel about a girl who can see history with her touch. Set on the canals of Venice, from an award-winning author, this is a perfect book for fans of Frances Hardinge and Jennifer Bell for...

Those Who Walk Away

Those Who Walk Away
  • Author(s): Patricia Highsmith
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 20th Century

To My Beloved Heart

To My Beloved Heart
  • Author(s): James Marchiori
  • 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...

Tom Horton-The Invisible Spy

Tom Horton-The Invisible Spy
  • Author(s): Ian Davies
  • Location(s): Sussex, Venice
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1980s

Tom Horton is The Invisible Spy in this fantasy adventure set in the 1980s. Tom is a man with a secret. Not being restricted by the constraints of gravity is just one of the secrets he has to keep....

Unto Us a Son Is Given

Unto Us a Son Is Given
  • Author(s): Donna Leon
  • 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...

Unveiling Venus

Unveiling Venus
  • Author(s): Sophia Bennett
  • 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...

Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mysteries #7)

Valpolicella Violet (Franki Amato Mysteries #7)
  • Author(s): Traci Andrighetti
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Humour
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend’s Christmas Eve nuptials. She’s looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casanova. But when a chef goes belly up...

Venetian Angel

Venetian Angel
  • Author(s): Ferenc Molnár, Annabel Barber (Translator)
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Novella
  • Era(s): 1933

It is the summer of 1933. Set against a backdrop of the sparkling Venetian lagoon, young and naïve Irma Lietzen, the pretty and indulged daughter of a Budapest businessman, is being taken to see the world by her parents....

Venetian Interlude

Venetian Interlude
  • Author(s): Rosemary Gemmell
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Novella, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Scottish art historian Livy arrives in Venice for a short break before picking up a cruise. The last person she expects to meet is Sebastian, the handsome half Italian, half Scottish guy she first met and fell for at...

Venetian Tales

Venetian Tales
  • Author(s): Helen Constantine (Editor), Howard Curtis (Translator), Katherine Gregor (translator)
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

Venice Tales is the first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. The book encompasses a broad chronological span, beginning from the Middle Ages (Boccaccio), through to the early modern period (Sansovino), the Enlightenment (Casanova, Goldoni), to...

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