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Lucia in the Age of Napoleon by Andrea di Robilant
32.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In 1797, Lucia, a beautiful statesman's daughter was married off to a powerful Venetian, only to be caught up in the turbulence of Napoleon's march. This is her story, from dazzling young hostess in Habsburg Vienna, lady-in-waiting at the court of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais in Milan, single mother in ...Show more
Lucia in the Age of Napoleon by Andrea di Robilant
39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In 1797, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a Venetian statesman, was married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families of the once glorious maritime Republic. They were a golden couple in Venice's twilight years. But Lucia's life was suddenly trans ...Show more
Venetian Affair:A True Story of Impossible Love in the Eighteenth Century by Andrea di Robilant
34.99 NZD
37.95 (7% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
In 1754 Andrea Memmo, the dashing and gifted scion of a distinguished Catholic family, fell in love with the beautiful Giustiniana Wynne, a match which the rules of the time forbade. Their "impossible love" was to last six tumultuous years. The lovers chased each other through peeling palazzos, ballroom ...Show more
Venetian Navigators: The Voyages of the Zen Brothers to the Far North by Andrea di Robilant
29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In the 1380s and 90s, Nicolo and Antonio Zen journeyed from Venice up the North Atlantic, encountering warrior princes, fighting savage natives and, just possibly, reaching the New World a full century before Columbus. This title tells the story of their adventure travelled throughout Europe, from the w ...Show more
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