Book Review: The Unfinished Palazzo
/A small portion of the life of one famous Venetian palace is told through the lives of three remarkable women who ruled it in the 20th century.
Read MoreBook Review: Everyday Renaissances
/An eye-opening new history sheds light on the book-lovers and book-collectors of Renaissance Venice
Read MoreBook Review: The Venetians
/A quick-paced new history of not just of the city of Venice but of the remarkable men and women who strutted across its stage during the long centuries of its life
Read MoreTroppo Sottile
/Venice has traded flinty commercial acumen and world-weary merchant princes for an ennui worthy of M. John Harrison's science fiction; her profession has now become the art of insubstantiality. For centuries authors have tried and failed to capture her. Steve Donoghue surveys the glorious wreckage.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice from the Water
/Before the advent of modern times, every visitor to Venice approached the city slowly, from the water - and according to a visually-stunning new book, Venetians very much wanted it that way.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice & Vitruvius
/The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius influenced the Renaissance architect Alberti, who in turn influenced the architect Palladio and the humanist Barbaro - a strong new book traces the genealogy.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice - History of the Floating City
/A new social history of Venice takes readers well beyond the myth and delves into the lives of the people - princes, merchants, women, immigrants - who brought the city to life
Read MoreBook Review: City of Fortune
/An intensely readable history of the wars that made - and then broke - the city of Venice as ruler of the seas.
Read MoreBook Review: The Good Thief's Guide to Venice
/In his latest adventure, (mostly) reformed thief Charlie Howard finds trouble in the much-storied Queen of the Adriatic.
Read MoreBook Review: Venice Disputed
/A beautifully illustrated examination of one Venetian nobleman's life-long wrangling with the experts over the public face of the Queen of the Adriatic.
Read MoreBook Review: The Fallen Blade
/A terrific new fantasy novel set in an alternate 15th century Venice.
Read MoreThe Nautilus
/When John Ruskin, the foremost architectural critic of the Victorian era, discovered Venice, he fell in love. An elaborate new work paints the picture in great detail.
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