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Renaissance Venice: 1400–1600
Venice · 1400–1600 · exact time + place
The jewel of the Renaissance — Venice was a hub for art, politics, and trade, inspiring tales of intrigue, romance, and masked balls in canalside palazzos. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Venice and 1400–1600 already set.
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Browse 7 books, 8 movies and 1 game set in Venice.
The Merchant of Venice
Venice 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio a prosperous merchant to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad so they turn to Shylock…
Dangerous Beauty
Veronica is brilliant gifted and beautiful but the handsome aristocrat she loves Marco Venier cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother Paola teaches her to become a…
Othello
When a secret marriage is planned between Othello a Moorish general and Desdemona the daughter of Senator Brabantio her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago who has his own grudge against…
Othello
The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
National Theatre Live: Othello
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign…
Scales of Gold
With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolò series. The time is…
Giordano Bruno
Fleeing from his enemies in the Catholic Church the free thinking philosopher poet and scientist Giordano Bruno has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition fearing his influence in Europe wants to…
In the Company of the Courtesan
My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor's army blew a hole in the wall of God's eternal city, letting in a flood of…
Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection
Make history as the legendary Master Assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, in Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection, which includes the acclaimed single-player campaigns and single-player add-on content (no multiplayer…
City of Masks
Lucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old Italian notebook gives him the power to become a stravagante, a time traveller with access to 16th century Italy. He wakes up in Bellezza (Venice) during…
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