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Vidal is a good watch or read on Venice
Mr. Barra mentioned Gore Vidal as a guardian of Venice. To expand on that: I would recommend to Salon.com readers Gore Vidal's documentary or its companion book, both entitled "Vidal In Venice." I encounter used copies of both on ebay and Amazon.com regularly. I own both and enjoyed them. Their wonderfully executed images of Venice may have a dated quality now (mid-1980s), but the overall information is not, and both projects are more entertaining than other histories of Venice I've encountered. The information takes the long, historical view, but includes many interesting facts and tales that appeal to Vidal's compelling sense of irony about "the serene republic."