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One Summer in Venice

One Summer in Venice
  • Author(s): Nicky Pellegrino
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

‘This isn’t a mid-life crisis OK? For a start I’m not old enough yet to have one of those. I’m calling it a happiness project. I’ve stolen an entire summer from my life and by the time it’s over...

Palace of the Drowned

Palace of the Drowned
  • Author(s): Christine Mangan
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1966

In Venice, Frances Croy is working to leave the previous year behind: another novel published to little success, a scathing review she can’t quite manage to forget, and, most of all, the real reason behind her self-imposed exile from...

Six Days In Rome

Six Days In Rome
  • Author(s): Francesca Giacco
  • Location(s): Verona, Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Emilia, an artist, arrives in Rome alone. What was supposed to be a romantic trip has, with the sudden end of her relationship, become a solitary one. Six days lie ahead. She wanders the streets, surrendering herself to the...

Stone Virgin

Stone Virgin
  • Author(s): Barry Unsworth
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Passionate, erotic and haunting, this is a brilliant novel by one of Britain’s most important novelists. Simon Rakes – a conservation expert – is restoring the Stone Virgin, a statue that cost the life of its creator in the...

The Abduction (The Carnivia Trilogy)

The Abduction (The Carnivia Trilogy)
  • Author(s): Jonathan Holt
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

A teenage girl is kidnapped in Venice. The race to save her will uncover a conspiracy powerful men will kill to keep hidden. THE HOSTAGE: The teenage daughter of a US soldier disappeared in Venice last night. Now clues...

The Echoes of Love

The Echoes of Love
  • Author(s): Hannah Fielding
  • Location(s): Tuscany, Venice
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Echoes of Love is a beautiful, poignant story of lost love and betrayal, unleashed passion and learning to love again, whatever the price. Venetia Aston-Montague has escaped to Italy’s most captivating city to work in her godmother s...

The Four Deadly Seasons

The Four Deadly Seasons
  • Author(s): David Hewson
  • Location(s): Venice, Vienna
  • Genre(s): Historical, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary / 18th Century

A centuries-old score. A city built on secrets. A melody that kills. When a celebrated music impresario is found dead in Venice—his body slumped in the hot house of a remote palazzo, a cryptic musical interval in his hand—rumours...

The Gondola Maker

The Gondola Maker
  • Author(s): Laura Morelli
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 16th Century

2014 IPPY Award for Best Adult Fiction E-book Finalist for the da Vinci Eye Prize From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world’s most magnificent...

The Instrumentalist

The Instrumentalist
  • Author(s): Harriet Constable
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Music
  • Era(s): 18th Century

Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent. Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil. But as Anna Maria’s star rises,...

The Lover of No Fixed Abode

The Lover of No Fixed Abode
  • Author(s): Carlo Frutterro, Franco Lucentini, Gregory Dowling (translator)
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): 1980s

It begins with a troubling encounter on a flight to Venice. She is a Roman aristocrat and art dealer on the search for undervalued paintings and he a mysterious tour guide. She is invited to cosmopolitan parties by Venetian...

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