Venice in Peril @ the Geographical Society

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Published by: The WordCloud on 25th Jan 2010 | View all blogs by The WordCloud

" It’s midnight on 14 June, 1310, the eve of the Feast of San Vito. The conspirators are gathered at Marco Querini’s palazzo at Rialto. Around the table are Marco and Piero Querini, Marco’s son-in-law Bajamonte Tiepolo and many others. They’re planning to kill Doge Pietro Gradenigo and take over the city. If all goes according to plan, Venice will be theirs just before dawn. The men decide on three separate strikes at the heart of the city. Routes are planned. Strategies are agreed. They embrace, and hurry to their assignations. Unbeknownst to them, there’s a betrayer in their midst …"

Our friend and star WW editor, Michelle Lovric, is giving the Venice in Peril Lecture and the Royal Geographical Society at 7pm, Tuesday 1 June 2010. Tickets £20. Phone (0)20 7736 6891 to book. Any WCers interested should paddle along ...

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4 Comments

by Tony 2 years ago

Erm... what? Is this supposed to mean something to us unpublished plebs?
by Inktrailer 2 years ago

TOny, I think it means that author Michelle Lovric is giving a talk in June - titled Venice in Peril:-)

http://www.michellelovric.com/index.htm
by The WordCloud 2 years ago

Er whoops, yes, sorry. Michelle is giving the talk. All welcome. Just book a ticket from the RGS. Sorry if any of that was unclear.
by Tony 2 years ago

THE 'Venice in Peril Lecture'? Is this an annual event that we're all supposed to have heard of? Does it reach to greater depths each year as said Italian city sinks lower into the Adriatic? Is it a lecture on Byzantine art, Renaissance architecture, Techtonc shifts? - or is it something to do with writing, perchance? Is it worth £20? And what does any of this have to do with Marco Querini's son-in-law? So many questions that need answers...

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