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02911aam a2200481 a 4500 001 C5B1F7FAE64611DFBAA62FF46AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20190228010452 008 100323s2009 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010010350 020 $a 0385531524 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780385531528 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)515405296 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d UPZ $d WIQ $d C#P $d SILO 043 $a e-it--- 050 00 $a DG672.2 $b .A25 2009b 082 00 $a 945/.311 $2 22 100 1 $a Ackroyd, Peter, $d 1949- 245 1 $a Venice : $b pure city / $c Peter Ackroyd. 250 $a 1st U.S. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $c c2009. 300 $a 403 p., [32] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2009"--T.p. verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-386) and index. 505 0 $a City from the sea -- Origins -- Water, water everywhere -- Mirror, mirror -- The city of St. Mark -- The saint comes -- Refuge -- Against nature -- Stones of Venice -- Ship of state -- "Let it be everlasting" -- The chosen people -- The prison house -- Secrets -- Chronicles -- Republic of commerce -- The merchants of Venice -- The endless drama -- Wheels within wheels -- Empire of trade -- The lion city -- Cities in collision -- A call to arms -- Timeless city -- Bells and gondolas -- Iustitia -- Against the Turks -- The living city -- The body and the building -- Learning and language -- Colour and light -- Pilgrims and tourists -- The art of life -- Hurrah for Carnival -- A divine art -- The eternal feminine -- What to eat? -- Sacred city -- Divine and infernal -- Of belief -- The shadows of history -- Decline and fall? -- Death in Venice -- City of myth -- The map unrolls -- The huddled family -- Moon and night -- While the music lasts -- A Venetian chronology. 520 $a A glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice, the ultimate city, embracing facts and romance, history and artists, carnival masks and leper colonies, wars and sieges, and scandals and seductions. 651 0 $a Venice (Italy) $x History. 651 0 $a Venice (Italy) $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Venice (Italy) $x Social life and customs. 651 0 $a Venice (Italy) $x Civilization. 941 $a 10 952 $l XCPB737 $d 20240515013959.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909022814.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211008010026.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722025003.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204041840.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110024042.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20180808021554.0 952 $l MMPE553 $d 20180719040303.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512011919.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20110122010852.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C5B1F7FAE64611DFBAA62FF46AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search