Monthly Archives: October 2018

Why Should Someone Read …

Posted on October 26, 2018 by seductivevenice

…my books? You can find out the answer to this and other questions in an interview recently posted by the Italian American Press, an online resource listing dozens of books about Italian American topics. They include fiction, history, biography, memoir, … Continue reading →

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Nuns Like Tchotchkes, Too

Posted on October 22, 2018 by seductivevenice

Who can resist taking a picture like this? Don’t you want to know what each of them bought? I vote for heart-shaped sunglasses, which were in this summer, or a striped gondolier shirt, or maybe friendship bracelets all around.   … Continue reading →

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Dear Evelina,

Posted on October 18, 2018 by seductivevenice

Do you ever wish you could meet people from the past? Evelina van Millingen Pisani is one of those intriguing characters I’d like to share a cup of tea with.  I got to know her in the book Evelina: A … Continue reading →

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Traduzione–Seductive Venice in Translation

Posted on October 14, 2018 by seductivevenice

I am so pleased to announce that Seductive Venice: In Casanova’s Footsteps, has been translated into Italian! As you may already know, Seductive Venice is the title of the American edition of the book, published by my small press imprint … Continue reading →

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Time for an Update!

Posted on October 10, 2018 by seductivevenice

Lots of fun things to tell you about, so today you get an entry full of updates: First Spritz Is Free is making its way around the world! Besides being free to download on Smashwords and Book Funnel, you can … Continue reading →

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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Luca Marchiori

Posted on October 8, 2018 by seductivevenice

Luca Marchiori was born in Venice to a Venetian father and English mother. As a small child his family took him to live in his mother’s native town of Bournemouth where he grew up, shuttling back and forward between there … Continue reading →

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“It Will Fall into Languour…”

Posted on October 5, 2018 by seductivevenice

In 1797, as Napoleon marched in to Venice, the Venetian Senate abdicated its rule. At that time, native son Giacomo Casanova had been living in Czechoslovakia for a number of years and was in fact nearing the end of his … Continue reading →

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