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September 14, 2017

Book Review: The Unfinished Palazzo

September 14, 2017/ Steve Donoghue

A small portion of the life of one famous Venetian palace is told through the lives of three remarkable women who ruled it in the 20th century.

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biography, September 2017, venice
March 15, 2016

Book Review: Everyday Renaissances

March 15, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

An eye-opening new history sheds light on the book-lovers and book-collectors of Renaissance Venice

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March 15, 2016/ Steve Donoghue/
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March 2016, venice
December 12, 2013

Book Review: The Venetians

December 12, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A quick-paced new history of not just of the city of Venice but of the remarkable men and women who strutted across its stage during the long centuries of its life

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December 2013, history, Steve Donoghue, venice
February 28, 2013

Troppo Sottile

February 28, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

Venice has traded flinty commercial acumen and world-weary merchant princes for an ennui worthy of M. John Harrison's science fiction; her profession has now become the art of insubstantiality. For centuries authors have tried and failed to capture her. Steve Donoghue surveys the glorious wreckage.

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February 28, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
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fiction, henry james, March 2013, Mary McCarthy, Steve Donoghue, venice
August 31, 2012

Book Review: Venice from the Water

August 31, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Before the advent of modern times, every visitor to Venice approached the city slowly, from the water - and according to a visually-stunning new book, Venetians very much wanted it that way.

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August 2012, history, venice
August 29, 2012

Book Review: Venice & Vitruvius

August 29, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius influenced the Renaissance architect Alberti, who in turn influenced the architect Palladio and the humanist Barbaro - a strong new book traces the genealogy.

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August 2012, history, venice
August 27, 2012

Book Review: Venice - History of the Floating City

August 27, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

A new social history of Venice takes readers well beyond the myth and delves into the lives of the people - princes, merchants, women, immigrants - who brought the city to life

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August 2012, european history, venice
February 08, 2012

Book Review: City of Fortune

February 08, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

An intensely readable history of the wars that made - and then broke - the city of Venice as ruler of the seas.

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February 2012, history, venice
January 03, 2012

Book Review: The Good Thief's Guide to Venice

January 03, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

In his latest adventure, (mostly) reformed thief Charlie Howard finds trouble in the much-storied Queen of the Adriatic.

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Book Review, fiction, January 2012, mystery, venice
November 09, 2011

Book Review: Venice Disputed

November 09, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A beautifully illustrated examination of one Venetian nobleman's life-long wrangling with the experts over the public face of the Queen of the Adriatic.

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european history, November 2011, venice
August 11, 2011

Book Review: The Fallen Blade

August 11, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A terrific new fantasy novel set in an alternate 15th century Venice.

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August 2011, fantasy, science fiction, Vampires, venice
April 30, 2010

The Nautilus

April 30, 2010/ Steve Donoghue

When John Ruskin, the foremost architectural critic of the Victorian era, discovered Venice, he fell in love. An elaborate new work paints the picture in great detail.

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April 30, 2010/ Steve Donoghue/
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Book Review, fiction, John Ruskin, May 2010, Steve Donoghue, venice
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