Venice: Pure City
by:
Peter Ackroyd (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701172855 (0701172851)
ASIN: 0701172851
Publish date: 2009-10-13
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
fileopenonlaptop = it'll take a while.For Alison SamuelOpening: They voyaged into the remote and secluded waters. They came in flat-bottomed boats, moving over the shallows. They were exiles, far from their own cities or farms, fleeing from the marauding tribes of the North and the East. And they ha...
Love, love, love this book. So detailed and Ackroyd's writing is beautiful and a joy to read. He really makes the city come alive. Definitely recommend!