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Showing posts with label Venice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venice. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Book Spotlight: The Virgins of Venice by Gina Buonaguro. Audiobook narrator: Carlotta Brentan

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  In sixteenth-century Venice, one young noblewoman dares to resist the choices made for her   Venice in 1509 is on the brink of war. The di...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Book Spotlight and Excerpt: The Fortune Keeper by Deborah Swift

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  Count your nights by stars, not shadows ~ Italian Proverb Winter in Renaissance Venice Mia Caiozzi is determined to discover her destiny ...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Spotlight on Rob Samborn, author of The Prisoner of Paradise (The Paradise Series, Book 1)

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The world’s largest oil painting. A 400-year-old murder. A disembodied whisper: “Amore mio.”  My love. Nick and Julia O’Connor’s dream tri...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018

The Construction of Venice, the Floating City

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Ancient Origins Venice, Italy, is known by several names, one of which is the ‘Floating City’. This is due to the fact that the city of...
Monday, November 30, 2015

History Trivia - Cnut, king of Denmark, claims the throne of all England

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November 30  1016 Cnut,  king of Denmark, claimed the throne of all England  after Edmund 'Ironside', king of England, died. ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

History Trivia - Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowns in the Nile

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March 25 47 BC Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowned in the Nile, probably with an assist by Julius Caesar, who...
Monday, March 24, 2014

History Trivia - City of Venice founded

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March 25 47 BC Ptolemy XII, King of Egypt and brother of Cleopatra, drowned in the Nile, probably with an assist by Julius Caesar, w...
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