Venice : pure city / Peter Ackroyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venice (Italy)--History.

Venice (Italy).

Venice (Italy)--Social conditions.

Venice (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Venice (Italy)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

403 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2009.

Contents:

pt. 1. City from the sea

Origins

Water, water everywhere

Mirror, mirror

pt. 2. The city of St. Mark

The saint comes

Refuge

Against nature

Stones of Venice

pt. 3. Ship of state

"Let it be everlasting"

The chosen people

The prison house

Secrets

Chronicles

pt. 4. Republic of commerce

The merchants of Venice

The endless drama

Wheels within wheels

pt. 5. Empire of trade

The lion city

Cities in collision

A call to arms

pt. 6. Timeless city

Bells and gondolas

Iustitia

Against the Turks

pt. 7. The living city

The body and the building

Learning and language

Colour and light

Pilgrims and tourists

pt. 8. The art of life

Hurrah for Carnival

A divine art

The eternal feminine

What to eat?

pt. 9. Sacred city

Divine and infernal

Of belief

pt. 10. The shadows of history

Decline and fall?

Death in Venice

pt. 11. City of myth

The map unrolls

The huddled family

Moon and night

While the music lasts

A Venetian chronology.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Altemus fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780385531528 (alk. paper)