A Venetian Affair (40 page)

ANDREA DI ROBILANT

A VENETIAN AFFAIR

Andrea di Robilant was born in Italy and educated at Le Rosey and Columbia University, where he specialized in international affairs. He currently lives in Rome with his wife and two children and works as a correspondent for the Italian newspaper
La Stampa
. This is his first book.

In memory of my father,
Alvise di Robilant

FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, APRIL 2005

Copyright © 2003 by Andrea di Robilant

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A portion of this book previously appeared in
The New Yorker
.

Grateful acknowledgment is made to Harcourt, Inc., for permission to reprint
excerpts from
History of My Life
by Giacomo Casanova, English translation by
Willard R. Trask. Copyright © 1966 and renewed 1994 by Harcourt, Inc. Reprinted
by permission of Harcourt, Inc.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the Knopf edition as follows:
di Robilant, Andrea.

A Venetian affair / by Andrea di Robilant.
p. cm.

1. Rosenberg-Orsini, Justine Wynne, Grèfin von, 1732–1791.

2. Memmo, Andrea, 1729–1793. 3. Venice (Italy)—Social life and customs.

I. Title.

DG678.4.D

Author photograph © Jerry Bauer

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