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Article: Di Robilant, Andrea. A Venetian Affair: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the Eighteenth Century.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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DI ROBILANT, Andrea. A Venetian affair; a true tale of forbidden love in the eighteenth century. Random House, Vintage. 313p. notes. bibliog. index. c2003. 0-375-72617-9. $14.00. SA
Andrea di Robilant, a correspondent for the Italian newspaper La Stampa, makes his nonfiction debut with the story of one of his ancestors, Venetian noble Andrea Memmo, and his love affair with Giustiniana Wynne, an illegitimate daughter of questionable birthright. Di Robilant's father discovered a packet of old letters at his ancestral home in Venice, which forms the basis for this book. He died before he could complete his research, so Andrea di Robilant continued the work in order ...
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Article: The love story that took two centuries to write.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);
February 1, 2004 ;
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... ... Affair by Andrea di Robilant 4th Estate [pounds ... aristocrat called Andrea Memmo and a gorgeous ... letters, Andrea di Robilant, is the great ... grandson of Andrea Memmo. Some years ago ... Sadly, in 1997, di Robilant's father died ...
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