FREE: John Berendt - The City of Falling Angels

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Venice - A city of masks and riddles, where narrow streets and passageways from a giant maze that confounds the uninitiated and deepens the sense of mystery. As captivation as it is elusive, the city teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Architectural treasures crumble-- foundations shift, ornaments fall -- even as efforts to preserve them are under way. The story opens on the evening of January 29, 1996 when a sensational fire destroys the historic Venice Opera House. The loss of the Venice, where five of Verdi's operas premiered, is a catastrophe for Venetians, made worse by the revelations that arson might have been the cause. Arriving three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective-- inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable city while gradually revealing the truth about the fire.