Culture | In the doge house
“La Serenissima” is an entertaining ode to Venice
But Jonathan Keates’s adoring tribute is blind to the city’s faults
La Serenissima. By Jonathan Keates. Head of Zeus; 496 pages; £40
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “In the doge house”
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