The siege of Venice in 1848 is one of history's most thrilling and tragic episodes. After half a ...

Jonathan Keates original biography of Handel was hailed as a masterpiece on its publication in 19...

The sublime city of Venice has long offered inspiration to the world's storytellers. This antholo...

Originally published: London: Head of Zeus, 2016.

The story of the composition, first performances and cultural afterlife of one of the best-loved ...

From Plutarch to Pasolini, from Henry James to Alberto Moravia, this collection of classic tales ...

A gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of classic stories set in Venice, by an international a...

During its three-thousand-year history Rome has been an imperial metropolis, the capital of a nat...

'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a...

A stunningly illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' - 'the Most S...

William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the co...