![]() ![]() ![]() He seems to have been in most of the lovely places in Europe. Henry James was here, which should be no surprise. Family histories that goes back a long way, the difficulties of keeping up the palaces today. The wonderful palazzos of Venice also hold a big part of the story. This leads us into the thorny area of Italian law, where for a foreigner, once your inside, there seems to be no way out! Now they are searching for the people responsible, either by arson or by accident. The opera house in Venice burnt down while it was renovated. As with the Midnight book, the main story is a legal one. He manages to find all these interesting people that he contacts to get their story. ![]() ![]() As with his other book you are drawn in to the history of the city. When I saw that he followed up this book with a book about Venice, The City of Fallen Angels, I bought it and it has decorated by TBR shelves ever since.įinally, I grabbed it and started reading. Wonderfully written, wonderful out of the ordinary people. Some years ago I read Berendt’s book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and I absolutely loved it. ![]()
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