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The true story of forbidden love in 18th-century Venice between an Italian noble and the brilliant, illegitimate daughter of an English baronet.
In 1754 Andrea Memmo, the dashing and gifted scion of a distinguished Catholic family, fell in love with illegitimate English beauty Giustiniana Wynne. This match went against every convention of their day; it was an ‘impossible love’.
The lovers chased each other through peeling palazzos, ballrooms, salons, theatres and gambling dens, rubbing shoulders with legendary figures such as Canaletto and their friend, Casanova. Increasingly desperate, they decided Giustiniana should marry to conceal their relationship. A summer passed in flirting with the English Consul, Joseph Smith, but he soon saw through the deception and the affair became public.
The consequences were disastrous. Casanova was imprisoned for his ‘pernicious’ influence. Disgraced, Giustiniana left for Paris, where she launched herself into society in the hunt for a new husband. Her love for Memmo had lingering consequences that were to break this match, and she left again for London, hoping to build a new life, but a different fate lay in store...
Andrea di Robilant is Andrea Memmo’s great-great-great-grandson. The idea to write ‘A Venetian Affair’ was seeded when his father discovered Andrea's letters to Giustiniana mouldering in the attic of the family's crumbling Venetian palazzo. His father's violent murder inspired di Robilant to fulfil his father's dream of writing about the lovers.
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Andrea di Robilant is Andrea Memmo's great great great great grandson. He is US Bureau Chief for La Stampa.
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- EditoreFourth Estate
- Data di pubblicazione2003
- ISBN 10 0007154704
- ISBN 13 9780007154708
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine320
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Codice articolo GOR007435950
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A VENETIAN AFFAIR A True Story of Impossible Love in the Eighteenth Century
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Index, based on letters. 600gms weight; Remainder; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages. Codice articolo 20921
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Descrizione libro Reprint ed. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 303 pp. This story is set in 1754 in Venice. It is about Andrea Memmo, the handsome and gifted scion of a distinguished Venetian family who fell in love with a charming and illegitimate English woman, Giustiniana Wynne. The match was unthinkable in Andrea's society and family. Written by Andrea Memmo's great-great-great-great grandson after his father found letters written by Andrea to Giustiniana in the attic of the family's Venetian palazzo. Codice articolo 28058
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Descrizione libro Paperback. NOV03. In 1754 Andrea Memmo, the dashing and gifted scion of a distinguished Catholic family, fell in love with the beautiful Giustiniana Wynne, a match which the rules of the time forbade. Their "impossible love" was to last six tumultuous years. The lovers chased each other through peeling palazzos, ballrooms, salons, theatres and gambling dens, rubbing shoulders with Canaletto, Tiepolo and others. Increasingly desperate, they decided Giustiniana should marry so they could continue to see one another. She passed a summer flirting with the English patron of the arts, Consul Joseph Smith, while writing comical letters to her lover nearby. But Smith soon realized the deception.The affair became public, with disastrous consequences. The lovers' friend, Casanova, was imprisoned for his "pernicious" influence. Disgraced, Giustiniana left for Paris, where she launched herself into society. Another marriage was scuppered when she found herself pregnant. She gave away her child, but the rumours were unstoppable. Once again, Giustiniana was exiled, this time to London, but found that no amount of certificates confirming her station could gain her access to the circles that might deliver that elusive spouse. In 1760 Giustiniana made her way back to Italy, full of fear and longing. Good condition. Tanning. Codice articolo 23937532
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