Book Recommendation-Venice

[katz]

I am just finishing reading "The Glassblower of Murano", by Marina Fiorato. I have really enjoyed it and found it especially interesting since we will be visiting Venice and Murano on our October cruise. The book is fiction, but gives a lot of histrorical information, as well as geographical information. It gave me some insight on how Murano came to be and what is involved in the art of glassblowing.

[TucsonRick]

katz -

 

I just finished Acqua Alta by Donna Leon. It is one of a series about a Venice police detective. Good reading!

 

Rick

[cruisemom42]

Other good Venice Reads:

 

The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil")

 

http://www.amazon.com/City-Falling-Angels-John-Berendt/dp/0143036939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248025397&sr=1-1

 

Serenissima by Erica Jong (a little odd, but atmospheric)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Serenissima-Erica-Jong/dp/0440201047/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248025477&sr=1-2

 

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (a "historical romp")

 

http://www.amazon.com/Company-Courtesan-Novel-Sarah-Dunant/dp/0812974042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248025594&sr=1-1