‘A sensitive reading of an enthralling love story … The sense of Andrea di Robilant’s affectionate commitment to his father’s subject adds indefinable poignancy to his evocation of an impossible relationship.’ Daily Telegraph‘Supple and elegant a stylist as he is, Robilant never allows his own enjoyment in unfolding this long-hidden narrative to upstage the raw drama of the correspondence forming its backbone … The whole passionate correspondence, to which A Venetian Affair presents such a finely balanced introduction, is a thrilling addition to the corpus of eighteenth-century letter writing.’ TLS‘Set against the backdrop of a glittering city sloping towards collapse and the debauched courts of Europe, with cameo appearances by characters such as Casanova, A Venetian Affair has all the compelling, over-the-top inevitability of opera.’ Daily Mail‘A sad, enthralling book … Fascinating.’ Sunday Times
