Kurzbeschreibung

Venedig - Mythos, Mysterium und pure Schönheit. Peter Ackroyd romantisches wie auch faktenreiches Buch lässt die unvergleichliche Atmosphäre der Lagunenstadt lebendig werden. Er führt uns durch die faszinierende Geschichte der Stadt: Von den ersten Flüchtlingsströmen, die im vierten Jahrhundert die nebelverhangene Lagune erreichten über den Aufstieg Venedigs zu einem großen Handelsimperium, die Kriege gegen Napoleon bis hin zu den Touristeninvasionen der heutigen Tage. Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial - a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice: ultimate city.

Beschreibung

In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon and the tourist invasions of today. There are wars and sieges, scandals and seductions, fountains playing in deserted squares and crowds thronging the markets. And there is a dark undertone too, of shadowy corners and dead ends, prisons and punishment.

We could have no better guide to this most exceptional of cities - reading Ackroyd's Venice is, in itself, a glorious journey and the perfect holiday.

Rezension

"Yet another wonderful biography of a city" Lesley McDowell The Independent on Sunday

Klappentext

In this sumptuous vision of VENICE, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. Everything is here: the merchants on the Rialto and the Jews in the ghetto; the mosaics of St Mark's and the glass blowers of Murano; the carnival masks and the sad colonies of lepers; the doges and the destitute. This book, like a magic gondola, transports its readers to that sensual, surprising realm. Reading Ackroyd's VENICE is, in itself, a glorious journey and the perfect holiday.