Five years of research were needed to conceive this exceptional guide, which will allow all lovers of Venice and the Venetians themselves to start exploring the

- A practical guide to discovering Venice's finest places, buildings, restaurant, shops, museums, neighbourhoods, parks, hotels and cafes - Revised and updated

Ioanna Iordanou traces the remarkable development of Venetian intelligence in the city-state system of Northern Italy, contesting that early-modern Venice was h