THE GOLDEN BOOK OF VENICE

A Historical Romance of the 16th Century


By

MRS. LAWRENCE TURNBULL

'This noble citie doth in a manner
chalenge this at my hands, that
I should describe her ... the
fairest Lady, yet the richest Paragon,
and Queene of Christendome.'

1900


AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS GIFT OF VIVID
HISTORIC NARRATION WHICH WAS
THE DELIGHT OF MY CHILDHOOD,
I INSCRIBE THIS ROMANCE TO THE
MEMORY OF MY DEAR FATHER.



ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I desire gratefully to acknowledge my indebtedness to many faithful,
loving and able students of Venetian lore, without whose books my own