Virgins of Venice
Subtitle: Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: June 29, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780142004012
First sentence: TO THE SOUND OF THE ORGAN, a procession of clerics files into the church, ushering in Cardinal Francesco Vendramin, successor to Matteo Zane as patriarch of Venice.