

Venice
Author: Jan Morris
Narrator: Sebastian Comberti
Unabridged: 13 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 04/26/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Italy
Author: Jan Morris
Narrator: Sebastian Comberti
Unabridged: 13 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 04/26/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Italy
Born in 1926, Jan Morris lived and wrote as James Morris until 1972. She resides with her partner, Elizabeth Morris, in northwest Wales, between the mountains and the sea. Her many books include In My Mind's Eye, Coronation Everest, and the Pax Britannica Trilogy.
What a tangled web they weave, as they practice to deceive. Venice is and was a snare for fools, a smiling whore clad all in jewels. Gilded masks and tourist traps, palaces in slow collapse. Pretty lies told in bloom of youth; old age has turned those lies to truth. We all transform - there is no no......more
It may be strange for me to categorise this book as a biography, but Jan Morris treats the city here as a character in a melancholic story of her history, her streets, her canals and her people. It is a fantastic read and should be in your luggage should you ever visit this one of the world's most i......more
The husband and I visited both Trieste and Venice earlier this year (before then setting off for two weeks of fine walking in Slovenia). I read J. Morris' Trieste and The Meaning of Nowhere while in Trieste and lapped up its languid, rich portrayal of that faded Habsburg port. We then fell in love w......more
A quirky but richly detailed portrait of Venice in all its history and visual splendour by an English woman who has lived there. I can't say I agreed with all her opinions - that all the palaces on the Grand Canal are ugly for example, a rather preposterous bit of snobbery - but I did admire her det......more
In many ways this book is like the city itself. It has to be five stars, but with some caveats. First the good news. Jan Morris has written a magnificent depiction of a fabulous city. She clearly knows the city extremely well and loves it like a mother loves a child. This oozes from every page. It is......more