Review of THE FOUR HORSEMEN
Sep 20, 2017
Grateful to Lisa Redmond for this review of THE FOUR HORSEMEN on the website "Madwoman in the Attic"
Interview on Ytali.com about Ascension and Four Horsemen
Grateful to Manuela Cattaneo della Volta for this interview (in both Italian and English) on Ytali.com.
The Locations of Ascension. 3. Ca’ Garzoni
Ca' Garzoni (Ca' is simply short for Casa or Home and is used with many Venetian palaces, including some of the grandest),  is central to the novel. I have to say I enjoyed writing this section of the book and I think the scenes work well. I don’t want to give any...
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[Video] The Four Horsemen reviewed by the Book Chemist
Very grateful for this new review by the enthusiastic Book Chemist.
THE FOUR HORSEMEN – “Love Reading” reviews
Very happy to have had positive reviews on the "Love Reading" website, which can be read here .
Definitive cover of The Four Horsemen (UK edition) – coming in July
So this is the definitive cover of The Four Horsemen - Alvise Marangon Mysteries No. 2. Accept no substitutes... And the story-line: After reluctant spy Alvise Marangon is arrested in a tavern brawl, he is summoned to meet the Missier Grande, head of the city’s...
The Locations of Ascension. 2. Ca’ da Mosto
Ca’ da Mosto is where the Albergo del Leon Bianco was situated in the 18th century, and where Mr Boscombe and Mr Shackleford stay at the beginning of Ascension. It was one of the best-known hotels in the city and we have a description of its comforts by Thomas...
And here is La Sensa today…
So here is today's equivalent of the Bucintoro, the 'Serenissima', carrying the Mayor, the Patriarch and various other dignitaries towards the church of San Nicolò on the Lido, where the Mayor duly dropped the ring into the waters of the lagoon and renewed the city's...
Today is “Ascension”
Today (Sunday 28th May) is "Festa de la Sensa", as they call Ascension Day in Venetian. (In Italy the feast is shifted to the Sunday following the Thursday on which the feast is officially located.) So here is Francesco Guardi's great painting of the event, which...
Turnstiles to enter St Mark’s Square
Here's the photo that has been doing the rounds on various social media pages, showing the gleaming new turnstiles installed at the entrances to St Mark's Square. They are very similar to the ones that have been set up at many of the vaporetto-stops (easily avoided by...
News on the Rialto
It’s an obvious headline, given the circumstances. And it’s been a long time since there has really been any serious news on the Rialto, whether we are referring to the Rivo Alto area (once the commercial heart of the city) or the bridge itself. Like most of the city...