The former Harper's Bazaar editor writes of the beguiling city, which is shaped by swirling currents of passion and power, daring and death Whether one is in love or in mourning, Venice is a city with a magical ability to reflect our emotions; for this is a mysterious place built on water, shaped by swirling currents of passion and power, daring and death.
La Serenissima has been wreathed in wonderment since her foundation in the 5th century; a fairytale where the front doors of palaces open onto waterways; a carnival of revelry, inhabited by musicians and jesters in velvet masks; a maze in which the unwary become lost, though there is pleasure to be found, too, in losing oneself in Venice.