Venice Incognito: Masks in the Serene Republic by James H. Johnson

Venice Incognito: Masks in the Serene Republic

James H. Johnson

334 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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The entire town is disguised, declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donne...

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