Description "The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice.
He draws on a wealth of material to explor.
Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city.
In Venice Incognito , James H.
Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison with the libertine Casanova.
And, indeed, maskers of all ranks-nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men-could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society.
Description "The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice