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Venice

Introduced by Tracy Chevalier
By Jan Morris
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The best book about Venice ever written (Sunday Times) - Jan Morris' bestselling travel writing classic is an essential guide to this magical city, newly introduced by Tracy Chevalier. Whether the dappled secrets of the city's canals, churches, calles and campos, to the romantic tales behind... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The best book about Venice ever written (Sunday Times) - Jan Morris' bestselling travel writing classic is an essential guide to this magical city, newly introduced by Tracy Chevalier.

Whether the dappled secrets of the city's canals, churches, calles and campos, to the romantic tales behind its revered landmarks, paintings, sculptures and mosaics – the myths and history of the Venetian people or the legendary mystery of the lagoon itself – Jan Morris explores this dream-like city in impressionistic prose you will never forget.

Whether visiting in person or in the mind, as an armchair traveller or tourist, this is both not only the essential introduction to Venice but a true work of literature in its own right (Observer).

One of the best travel books I have ever read. It made me want to go to Venice and when I went it made being there even better. Michael Palin

Sara Wheeler's new biography of Jan Morris, Jan Morris: A Life, will be published in April by Faber.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571396634

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main - Re-issue

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Tracy Chevalier

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Jan Morris was born in 1926. Soldier, journalist, historian, author of forty books, she witnessed the first ascent of Everest, Suez Canal Crisis, Eichmann Trial, Cuban Revolution and so much more. She was the celebrated author of many bestselling works of travel writing, autobiography and diaries, including modern classics Coronation Everest, Venice, Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere, the Pax Britannica trilogy and Conundrum. She spent her last years with her partner Elizabeth Morris in Wales, where she died in 2020.

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