A Venetian affair : a true story of impossible love in the eighteenth century
Di Robilant, Andrea2004
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The true story of the forbidden love of Venetian aristocrat Andrea Memmo for Giustiniana Wynne, the brilliant illegitimate daughter of an English baronet. Comedy yields to tragedy in an evocative tale that takes place in 18th-century Venice, Paris and London.
Main title:
A Venetian affair : a true story of impossible love in the eighteenth century / Andrea di Robilant.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 2004.
Collation:
313 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.
ISBN:
9781841155418 (hbk)
Dewey class:
920 MEM945.3107
Language:
English
Subject:
Memmo, AndreaWynne, GiustinianaUpper class -- Italy -- Venice -- BiographyUpper class -- Italy -- Venice -- History -- 18th centuryUpper class -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th centuryUpper class -- England -- London -- History -- 18th centuryVenice (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryParis (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryLondon (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
BRN:
194884