Venice: A Travellers' Companion (The Travellers' companion series)

Venice: A Travellers' Companion (The Travellers' companion series)

by JOHNJULIUSNORWICH (Author)

Synopsis

John Julius Norwich, in this latest of the Travellers' Companion series, has produced an anthology from the writings of James, Disraeli, Mark Twain and John Evelyn, among many others. This book may provide the tourist or armchair traveller alike with a flavour of the spirit of Venice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Publisher: Constable
Published: 08 Oct 1990

ISBN 10: 0094675600
ISBN 13: 9780094675605

Author Bio
John Julius, 2nd Viscount Norwich, was born on 15 September 1929, the son of the statesman and diplomat Alfred Duff Cooper (1st Viscount) and the Lady Diana Cooper. He was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, at Eton, at the University of Strasbourg and on the lower deck of the Royal Navy before taking a degree in French and Russian at New College, Oxford. He then spent twelve years in H.M. Foreign Service, with posts at the Embassies in Belgrade and Beirut and at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva. In 1964 he resigned to become a writer.