Mrs Lawrence Turnbull: 3 books
by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Among the day-dreams of the Rulers of Venice the island of Cyprus had long loomed large and fair – Cyprus, the happy isle of romance, l'isola fortunata, sea-girdled, clothed with dense forests of precious woods, veined with inexhaustible mines of rich metals; a very garden of luscious fruits, garlanded...
by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
I desire gratefully to acknowledge my indebtedness to many faithful, loving and able students of Venetian lore, without whose books my own presentation of Venice in the sixteenth century would have been impossible. Mr. Ruskin's name must always come first among the prophets of this City of the Sea, but...
