Venice: Market of the Dawn and Dusk Islands
About This Novel
Ackroyd's "Venice: The Marketplace of the Islands of Dusk" is an interpretation of Venice in the same vein as his acclaimed "London". Like "London," "Venice: The Marketplace of the Islands of Dusk" is a fluid writing adventure that revolves around several themes. Each chapter is based on historical facts and background. The portraits of Venice written by Peter Ackroyd have a unique novel-like charm and a poetic quality. Colorful and intoxicating. You couldn't ask for a better guide - reading "Venice: The Marketplace of the Islands of Dusk" is in itself a glorious journey to the ultimate city. Peter Ackroyd's narrative not only depicts objective facts, but is also rich in romantic legend, creating a vivid atmosphere of canals, bridges, squares in the sun, churches and markets, festivals and flowers. He takes us through the city's history, from the first refugees sailing into the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century, through the rise of a great commercial state, the founding of a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon, and today's tourist invasions. The book contains a vast world: the merchants on the Rialto Bridge, the Jews in the ghetto; the glassmakers on Murano; the masks of the Carnival and the miserable settlements of lepers; the artists Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, and Tiepolo. And there are the lingering whispers of Venice-the dark corners and dead-ends, imprisonment and punishment, wars and sieges, gossip and seduction.
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