Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 104 Rovani, Giuseppe 1818 1874 Valenzia Candiano: Racconto Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Carlo Traverso and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Project in common with Progetto Manuzio, http://www.liberliber.it We thank the Biblioteca Sormani di Milano for the images "Valenzia Candiano: Racconto" by Giuseppe Rovani is a historical novel written during the mid-19th century. The narrative is set against the backdrop of Venice, intertwining themes of love, societal pressure, and political intrigue. It follows the story of the ammiraglio Candiano and his daughter, Valenzia, whose fate becomes entangled with powerful families and tragic events, including a controversial marriage proposal to the son of the infamous Visconti family. The opening of the novel introduces a tense meeting of the council of Ten in the Ducal Palace of Venice, where discussions regarding military expenses and political maneuvering unfold amidst an atmosphere thick with suspicion and ambition. The character of ammiraglio Candiano is established, embodying a mix of honor and impending conflict as an unexpected accusation emerges from the "gola del leone." The couple's struggle is set against the backdrop of Valenzia's perceived beauty and the pivotal societal laws of Venice that dictate her fate. This segment sets the tone for a story filled with complexity, as the threads of destiny bind the characters to the whims of love and the harsh realities of their world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Venice (Italy : Province) -- History -- 697-1508 -- Fiction PQ Text IT Romanzi Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 452837 2025-06-20T19:22:05.948990 text/html 452947 452675 2024-11-05T09:42:49.571786 2023-10-05T09:32:43.076388 text/html text/html 243952 2025-06-20T19:22:24.806895 application/epub+zip 251628 2025-06-20T19:22:15.311868 application/epub+zip 239818 2025-06-20T19:22:09.868016 application/epub+zip 468384 2025-06-20T19:22:33.319757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442750 2025-06-20T19:22:23.954909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425028 2022-09-05T13:32:08.581866 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411799 2025-06-20T19:22:05.343935 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 391855 2024-10-28T18:43:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12283 2025-06-20T19:22:34.047759 application/rdf+xml 15310 2025-06-20T19:22:14.549864 image/jpeg 3984 2025-06-20T19:22:14.279883 image/jpeg 244902 2025-06-20T19:22:05.991934 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia en.wikipedia