Print this page
Virgins of Venice

Virgins of Venice Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent

1st American Edition

Book (01 Jan 2003)

Not available for sale

Includes delivery to the United States

Out of stock

This service is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Check stock

Publisher's Synopsis

Documents the experiences of late-Renaissance Venetian nuns, many of whom were upper-class women immured against their will, exploring how convents of the period were often political hotbeds and the sites of illicit love affairs.

About the Publisher

Viking

Viking

Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carr?, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm T?ib?n, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670031832
Publisher: Viking
Imprint: Viking
Pub date:
Edition: 1st American Edition
DEWEY: 271.9004531
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 282
Weight: 463g
Height: 220mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 27mm

We recommend

$4.66off

Lent in 50 Moments

Liam Kelly (author),...

Paperback
Published 30 Nov 2022

Save $4.66

  • RRP $20.46
  • $15.80
Add to basket
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

James Hogg, Ian Duncan

Paperback
Published 13 May 2010

  • $10.35
Add to basket

$2.44off

Common Worship

Church of England

Hardback
Published 08 Feb 2011

Save $2.44

  • RRP $44.90
  • $42.46
Add to basket

$1.33off

Inner Healing, Inner Peace

John Lampen, Diana L...

Paperback
Published 29 Sep 2023

Save $1.33

  • RRP $11.53
  • $10.20
Add to basket

$2.18off

Who Believes Is Not Alone

Georg Gänswein (auth...

Hardback
Published 27 Oct 2023

Save $2.18

  • RRP $25.66
  • $23.48
Add to basket

$2.72off

A Year With Timothy Keller

Timothy Keller

Hardback
Published 09 Nov 2023

Save $2.72

  • RRP $21.80
  • $19.08
Add to basket

$3.05off

Street Smarts

Gregory Koukl

Paperback
Published 22 Jun 2023

Save $3.05

  • RRP $19.23
  • $16.18
Add to basket

$1.09off

Tyndale's The New Testament, 1526

William Tyndale (tra...

Hardback
Published 07 Sep 2023

Save $1.09

  • RRP $25.66
  • $24.57
Add to basket

$2.39off

Calm the Soul

Poor Clares (issuing...

Hardback
Published 26 Oct 2023

Save $2.39

  • RRP $17.95
  • $15.56
Add to basket

$7.95off

Habakkuk

Kenneth J. Turner

Hardback
Published 23 Nov 2023

Save $7.95

  • RRP $33.34
  • $25.39
Add to basket