A Golden Book of Venice

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Title: A Golden Book of Venice
Author: Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
Release Date: December 14, 2003 [EBook #10455]
Language: English
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A Historical Romance of the 16th Century
By
MRS. LAWRENCE TURNBULL
'This noble citie doth in a manner chalenge this at my hands, that I should describe her … the fairest Lady, yet the
richest Paragon, and Queene of Christendome.'
1900
AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS GIFT OF VIVID HISTORIC NARRATION WHICH WAS THE DELIGHT OF MY
CHILDHOOD, I INSCRIBE THIS ROMANCE TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR FATHER.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I desire gratefully to acknowledge my indebtedness to many faithful, loving and able students of Venetian lore, without
whose books my own presentation of Venice in the sixteenth century would have been impossible. Mr. Ruskin's name
must always come first among the prophets of this City of the Sea, but among others from whom I have gathered side-
lights I have found quite indispensable Mr. Horatio F. Brown's "Venice; An Historical Sketch of the Republic," "Venetian
Studies," and "Life ...