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It's hard to imagine a more romantic real-life story than the long and forbidden love affair of the 18th-century Venetian nobleman Andrea Memmo and a half-English beauty named Giustiniana Wynne. Andrea Di Robilant's A Venetian Affair is drawn in part from a cache of letters discovered by the author's father in his ancestral palazzo on the Grand Canal. In 1753, his ancestor Andrea Memmo had been introduced to a lovely girl of uncertain station (illegitimate, although her parents later married). The Wynnes' position was precarious enough in Venice's rigid society, and Giustiniana's mother took every step to prevent the young aristocrat from corrupting her daughter. But the two lovers began to meet in secret: exchanging letters through confederates and communicating in public through an elaborate code of nods and gestures. They even came within a few days of being married before further dark revelations about Giustiniana's family put a permanent end to their hopes. Although Memmo went on to have an illustrious career in the dying Venetian Republic, it is Giustiniana's astonishing later life that really captures the reader. A Venetian Affair provides both a rich picture of the times--including cameo appearances by Casanova--and a convincing account of an enduring passion. --Regina Marler, Amazon.com
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'A Venetian Affair has all the compelling, over-the-top inevitability of opera.' -- Daily Mail
'A vivid and unforgettable story. A Venetian Affair enfolds one story within another, both of which are powerfully moving.' -- Frances Wilson, Sunday Telegraph
'An outrageously exotic love story... a love story not only passionate, but saucy, chimerical, impudent, ardent and tragic.' -- Observer
'Andrea di Robilant has sleuthed out the story behind the letters with skill, weaving together a highly enjoyable narrative.' -- Katharine Sale, Financial Times
'Andrea di Robilant's affectionate commitment to his father's subject adds indefinable poignancy to his evocation of an impossible relationship.' -- Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph
'Brilliant... a rollicking tale so full of twists and turns that you have to keep reminding yourself that it happened.' -- Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
'Enthralling' -- John Carey, Sunday Times
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- PublisherFourth Estate
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1841155411
- ISBN 13 9781841155418
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages313
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