A Venetian Affair: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century

Di Robilant, Andrea

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0375726179 ISBN 13: 9780375726170

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2005

The discovery of a box of eighteenth-century love letters thrusts Andrea di Robilant into an adventure of familial intrique that will carry him back hundreds of years to the golden era of Venice and into the middle of a secret love affair between Venetian statesman Andrea Memmo and Giustiniana Wynne, a beautiful, half-English girl. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Recensione:

"Splendidly engrossing. . . . An extraordinary story." --The New York Times Book Review

“Jane Austen herself could not have conjured a romance with more passion, deception and intrigue.”--People

“Thoroughly fascinating. . . . Has all the hallmarks of a Henry James novel. . . . Interweaving dramatic scenes and keenly observed expository passages [di Robilant] creates a narrative of novelistic resonance.” --The Washington Post Book World

“A story of Venice at at time when people lived for romantic intrigue and where social and political restrictions led men and women into liaisons that made for delicious, tormented melodrama.” --Salon

“Filled with quiet intensity and elegant, thought-provoking prose...An elegiac and powerful novel with a fresh presentation of evil and the healing potential of forgiveness.” --People

L'autore:

Andrea di Robilant was born in Italy and educated at Le Rosey and Columbia University, where he specialized in international affairs. He currently lives in Rome with his wife and two children and works as a correspondent for the Italian newspaper La Stampa. This is his first book.