A Venetian affair : a true story of impossible love in the eighteenth century
Di Robilant, Andrea, 1957-2005
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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 : Harper Perennial, 2005.
Collation:
313 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304) and index.
ISBN:
9781841155425 (pbk)
Local class:
945.31070922
Language:
English
Subject:
Memmo, Andrea, 1729-1793Rosenberg-Orsini, Justine, Gräfin, 1737-1791Upper 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 centuryBiography
BRN:
598367