Artworks

The Artworks feature today is about Venice at the end of the eighteenth century -- and in particular one woman's story. Lucia Mocenigo was a high-born Venetian living through one of the most turbulent periods in European history. She's now best known as Lord Byron's landlady (she charged him a fortune to live in her crumbling palazzo -- and together they're largely responsible for creating the romantic, tourist image of Venice.)

Now, Lucia's great-great-great-great-grandson, the Italian journalist and author Andrea di Robilant, has written her life story, using her diaries and personal letters. Julie Copeland met up with him in Rome.

Publications

Title: Lucia in the Age of Napoleon
Author: Andrea de Robilant
Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN 978-0-571-23317-5 (2007)

Story Researcher and Producer

Julie Copeland

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