Venice: Pure City by Ackroyd, Peter -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Map I City from the Sea 1 Origins 2 Water, Water Everywhere 3 Mirror, Mirror Photo Insert 1 II The City of Saint Mark 4 The Saint Comes 5 Refuge Photo Insert 2 6 Against Nature 7 Stones of Venice Photo Insert 3 III Ship of State 8 “Let it be everlasting” 9 The Chosen People Photo Insert 4 10 The Prison House 11 Secrets 12 Chronicles IV Republic of Commerce 13 The Merchants of Venice 14 The Endless Drama 15 Wheels within Wheels V Empire of Trade 16 The Lion City 17 Cities in Collision 18 A Call to Arms VI Timeless City 19 Bells and Gondolas 20 Iustitia 21 Against the Turks VII The Living City 22 The Body and the Building 23 Learning and Language 24 Colour and Light 25 Pilgrims and Tourists VIII The Art of Life 26 Hurrah for Carnival 27 A Divine Art 28 The Eternal Feminine 29 What to Eat? IX Sacred City 30 Divine and Infernal 31 Of Belief X The Shadows of History 32 Decline and Fall? 33 Death in Venice XI City of Myth 34 The Map Unrolls 35 The Huddled Family 36 Moon and Night 37 While the Music Lasts

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