Book description
The classic evocation of Venice, acclaimed as one of the finest
books ever written about the city. 'Entertaining, ironical, witty,
high spirited and appreciative . . . Both melancholy and gay and
worldly, I think of it now as among the best books on Venice; indeed
as the best modern book about a city that I have ever read.' Geoffrey
Grigson 'One of the most diverse and diverting books ever written
about Venice . . . A taut and personal report, wholly absorbing,
quickened by vivid prose and astringent humour.' Sunday Times 'For
those of whom Venice is a memory, a treat in store, or even a dream,
the broad canvas of this book covering a thousand years in the life of
one of the most complex, original, and active communities the world
has ever seen, is a work of lasting interest.' Guardian
Jan Morris was born in 1926 of a Welsh father and an English mother,
and when she is not travelling she lives with her partner Elizabeth
Morris in the top left-hand corner of Wales, between the mountains and
the sea. Her books include Coronation Everest, Venice, The Pax
Britannica Trilogy (Heaven s Command, Pax Britannica, and Farewell the
Trumpets), and Conundrum. She is also the author of six books about
cities and countries, two autobiographical books, several volumes of
collected travel essays and, more recently, the unclassifiable Trieste
and the Meaning of Nowhere. A Writer s World, a collection of her
travel writing and reportage from over five decades, was published in
2003.
