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Brunetti`s Venice

Visitors to Venice might hope to find a Venetian friend who will guide them through the narrow streets, explaining a bit of history here, a story from his youth there, perhaps grumbling about the tourists, occasionally stopping for a glass of prosecco or to gossip with friends...”Brunetti`s Venice” does all these things as it moves through the famous city with Commissario Guido Brunetti, the much loved Venetian detective of Donna Leon`s bestselling novels. Presented as a series of walks through Venice and featuring atmospheric extracts from relevant parts of the novels, it is woven together by a commentary that links Brunetti`s emotional and visual responses to places he has known all his life with the inquisitiveness of the visitor.The first walk starts at La Fenice Opera house
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Visitors to Venice might hope to find a Venetian friend who will guide them through the narrow streets, explaining a bit of history here, a story from his youth there, perhaps grumbling about the tourists, occasionally stopping for a glass of prosecco or to gossip with friends...” Brunetti`s Venice” does all these things as it moves through the famous city with Commissario Guido Brunetti, the much loved Venetian detective of Donna Leon`s bestselling novels. Presented as a series of walks through Venice & featuring atmospheric extracts from relevant parts of the novels, it is woven together by a commentary that links Brunetti`s emotional & visual responses to places he has known all his life with the inquisitiveness of the visitor. The first walk starts at La Fenice Opera house
- where the very first Brunetti novel began
- & ends at the iconic Rialto Bridge. Each consequent route weaves interlinking paths through Venice & catches the secrets, sounds, sights & smells of Venice past & present. Along the way we visit Brunetti`s favourite eateries around the Rialto bridge, walk with him from his home in San Polo to the Questura in Castello where he works, cut through Piazza San Marco & accompany him on the vaporetti out to more remote parts of Venice. There are reflections on the art & architecture of Venice, as well as the impressions of writers from Shakespeare & Goethe to Thomas Mann & Jan Morris. Enchanting & practically useful, ” Brunetti`s Venice” is both a walking guide & an evocative narrative of the life of this most magical city for any Brunetti fan.

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