The world of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Venice is revealed through the life of Lucia Mocenigo and her letters to her sister as she details the milieu of the Venetian aristocracy, fall of Venice to Napoleon, relationship with the Empress Josephine, affair with an Austrian officer, and firsthand account of the 1814 defeat of Bonaparte in Paris. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. Additional Details \N BOOK TYPE : NF BRAND : Di Robilant, Andrea LANGUAGE : ENGLISH NUMBER OF PAGES : 350 PUBLISHER IMPRINT CODE : VINTA PUBLISHER NAME : RANDOM HOUSE INC RETURNS ACCEPTED? : YES
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