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Author | : Donna Leon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | : |
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Commissario Guido Brunetti's hopes of a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera. Brunetti searches Venice for the dead man's identity but he is met with a wall of silence until a phone call provides some tantalizing information.
Author | : Giuseppe Berto |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Italy |
ISBN | : 9780340165607 |
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Author | : Donna Leon |
Publisher | : Pan |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-01-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781447201632 |
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Commissario Brunetti's hopes of a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera - a body so badly beaten the face is unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the dead man. But he is met with a wall of silence. Then he receives a telephone call from a contact who promises some tantalizing information. And before the night is out Brunetti is confronting yet another appalling and apparently senseless death...
Author | : Donna Leon |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1555848974 |
Download Death and Judgment Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Venice’s Commissario Brunetti takes on his “most difficult and politically sensitive case to date” in the gripping New York Times–bestselling series (Booklist). In Death and Judgment, a truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train. Suspecting a connection between the two tragedies, Brunetti digs deep for an answer, stumbling upon a seedy Venetian bar that holds the key to a crime network that reaches far beyond the laguna. But it will take another violent death in Venice before Brunetti and his colleagues begin to understand what is really going on. “No one is more graceful and accomplished than Leon.” —The Washington Post “The sophisticated but still moral Brunetti, with his love of food and his loving family, proves a worthy custodian of timeless values and verities.” —The Wall Street Journal “[Brunetti’s] humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight.” —The New York Times Book Review “The heady atmosphere of Venice and a galaxy of fully realized characters enrich this intriguing and finally horrifying tale.” —Publishers Weekly “The first of Leon’s books to knit together all her strengths: endearing detective, jaundiced social pathology, and a paranoid eye for plotting on a grand scale.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author | : Pier Mattia Tommasino |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0812250125 |
Download The Venetian Qur'an Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In The Venetian Qur'an, Pier Mattia Tommasino uncovers the author, origin, and lasting influence of the Alcorano di Macometto, a book that purported to be the first printed European vernacular translation of the Qur'an.
Author | : Donna Leon |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2008-12-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1555849008 |
Download Dressed for Death Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The New York Times–bestselling series and its Italian detective explore the seedy underworld of Venice: “Procedural writing at its best” (The Washington Post). Commissario Guido Brunetti’s hopes for a refreshing family holiday in the mountains are once again dashed when a gruesome discovery is made in Marghera—a body so badly beaten the face is completely unrecognizable. Brunetti searches Venice for someone who can identify the corpse but is met with a wall of silence. He then receives a telephone call from a contact who promises some tantalizing information. And before the night is out, Brunetti is confronting yet another appalling, and apparently senseless, death. “[One of] the real charms of this series [is] the endearing character of Brunetti and his compassionate insights into the heart of Venice and the soul of its people. . . . Truly, a refreshing hero.” —The New York Times Book Review “Despite the gruesome way in which this murder, and subsequent ones, take place, it’s really a cheery, breezy mystery, filled with good humor and adventure. The ending can only leave the reader waiting avidly for the next time we meet Brunetti and his lively friends and cohorts.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Leon delivers her plot in an unassuming, graceful and beautifully paced prose that hides its measured elegance.” —The Washington Post “One of the most appealing of recent detectives, Brunetti stars in a case that brings out his canniness and his compassion—and shows his creator spreading her wings more powerfully than ever.” —Kirkus Reviews “Richly evocative. . . . Venice takes on a deep noir tint in Leon’s latest well-crafted work.” —Publishers Weekly
Author | : Donna Leon |
Publisher | : Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2012-04-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0802194133 |
Download Death at La Fenice Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A conductor succumbs to cyanide at the famed Venice opera house, in the first mystery in the New York Times–bestselling, award-winning series. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Guido Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Along the way, he finds the crime may have roots going back decades—and that revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine may play a role. “One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever.” —The Washington Post “A brilliant writer . . . an immensely likable police detective who takes every murder to heart.” —The New York Times Book Review
Author | : James H. S. McGregor |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2008-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674040848 |
Download Venice from the Ground Up Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world-turned-upside-down, with its waterways rather than roads, its boats tethered alongside dwellings, and its livelihood harvested from the sea. McGregor begins with the river currents that poured into the shallow Lagoon, carving channels in its bed and depositing islands of silt. He then describes the imaginative responses of Venetians to the demands and opportunities of this harsh environment—transforming the channels into canals, reclaiming salt marshes for the construction of massive churches, erecting a thriving marketplace and stately palaces along the Grand Canal. Through McGregor’s eyes, we witness the flowering of Venice’s restless creativity in the elaborate mosaics of St. Mark’s soaring basilica, the expressive paintings in smaller neighborhood churches, and the colorful religious festivals—but also in theatrical productions, gambling casinos, and masked revelry, which reveal the city’s less pious and orderly face. McGregor tells his unique history of Venice by drawing on a crumbling, tide-threatened cityscape and a treasure-trove of art that can still be seen in place today. The narrative follows both a chronological and geographical organization, so that readers can trace the city’s evolution chapter by chapter and visitors can explore it district by district on foot and by boat.
Author | : Michael O'Neill |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317322592 |
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In the era of the Grand Tour, Venice was the cultural jewel in the crown of Europe and the epitome of decadence. This edited collection of eleven essays draws on a range of disciplines and approaches to ask how Venice’s appeal has affected Western culture since 1800.
Author | : Sabine Herrmann |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3031577159 |
Download The Reception of Ancient Egypt in Venice, 1400–1800 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle