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...
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...