

Vidal in Venice
Author: Gore Vidal
Narrator: Jeff Cummings
Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 10/06/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Italy
Author: Gore Vidal
Narrator: Jeff Cummings
Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 10/06/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Italy
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) was born at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was 19 years old and serving in the army, appeared in the spring of 1946. He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir.
This is the kind of book I rarely find in travel literature, one filled with history delivered with a shrewd wit and a strong appreciation for aesthetics. A very good example of its kind. Available at the Internet [URL not allowed]......more
Well of course it's not a travel guide! It's a Gore Vidal travel guide! But even if you do approach the book as an oversized Baedeker it's still a very useful book; its photos classy and plentiful, its historical points painting a colourful picture of the centuries from muddy lagoon to quasi-Disneyla......more
If you’re interested in the history of Venice, this is an outstanding book. I love Gore Vidal’s writing style. The opening line continues to stick with me. One of the greatest writers of our time.......more
I'm not too keen on Vidal's self-centered, elitist nonsense, but did enjoy his often cynical view of history and focus on fascinating details of the Venetian City-State. The book is old (Reagan was president), the author is dead, but some of the tidbits will feed nicely for me into an upcoming trip......more