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‘...Spread before them was the sight that had welcomed most arriving eyes ever since the great centuries of the Serenissima. Bell towers, domes, cupolas – all disported themselves for the eyes of the passengers and crew of the arriving boat, each one seeming to jostle the others aside, in the manner of small children, the better to catch the attention of the approaching visitors ... And yet her beauty remained unblemished, just as it remained supreme.’
Extract from Sea of Troubles

The city of Venice is the setting for all of Donna Leon’s novels and is almost as much a character as Commissario Guido Brunetti. Explore this map of Donna Leon’s Venice and read extracts from her novels.