In un futuro violento e insensato; Nina; studiosa di Caravaggio; e don Carlo; parroco della basilica dei Frari; si ritrovano dopo anni a Venezia nel naufragio di unItalia allo sbando; definitivamente divisa in due. Governi e politici corrotti sperperano la ricchezza piugrave; grande del Paese a vantaggio di potenze straniere; come Russia e Cina. Due Stati e due capitali: Milano e Roma.Due poteri: la finanza e la mafia. Nella cittagrave; lagunare ridotta a un souvenir si minaccia di distruggere lAssunta di Tiziano per rapire; come una principessa medievale; una statua destinata al potente ministro cinese della Cultura; Xao Chan-su. Lungo la Penisola; nello scenario di abbazie e conventi quasi abbandonati; avvengono fatti cruenti e razzigrave;e.Solo col ritrovamento allinterno del sacrario di Antonio Canova; ai Frari; del testamento del grande scultore assieme a quello di Napoleone Bonaparte stilato in extremis a SantElena; emerge la possibilitagrave; di restituire a Roma un ingente tesoro che potragrave; forse contribuire a invertire il corso della Storia.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Revision of Richmond historyBy craig williamsPardon my low review. I was the original organizer of the West County Toxics Coalition for its first two years. The time when most in the know would agree is when we did the much of the organizing and confronting of Chevron. This part of the groups history was completely eliminated from their writing.If you wrote a history of the U.S. starting in 1790 and failed to mention the Constitution or the American Revolutionary War you would probably not get a high grade. Whats most disappointing about the revision is that the early community organization did wage an economic battle against Chevron by doing a limited boycott; something Walker was hoping the environmental group would get around to doing.The community people were all in favor of a boycott; the environmental groups did everything to sabotage it. The B word is never used by foundation funded environmental groups; I wonder why?Maybe that can be Walkers next book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is a fantastic book if you care about the history of our ...By dafThis is a fantastic book if you care about the history of our national parks. Its about much more than the San Francisco Bay Areabut this is where the Nation Park system really gained support. Ive used it as a reference in several City Council meetings in my city.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Must readBy MartinAn encyclopedic survey of the parks movements in America in all their variety and dissonance. Deeply researched; engagingly written.
