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| Gondola in Venice |
Our man in Venice ended up taking on a life of his own, and we found ourselves simply having to follow him as he lead us through the canals of his home city.
Our Venetian character in Obelisk Seven is one of the minor characters, but the role he plays supporting the Big Three (Nick, Kate and Gliffy) is an important one.
As soon as we decided that we wanted our novel to climax in Venice, we realized that we needed someone there to act as the conduit for the information dumps we had to add to the novel to move it along.
Our visit to Venice had been a real highlight of our train tour.
Neither of us had appreciated the powerful position that Venice had occupied for so many centuries, and the unique nature of her democracy.
As soon as we set foot for the first time in St. Mark's square we lost our hearts to this wonderful city.
And then we lost them again when we glided beneath the bridges on our gondola, and walked beside the canals, admiring the ancient palaces that still exist, despite Venice's periodic floods.
So Lorenzo made his entrance, and came with a five hundred-year history, his own palace, and his very own Mouth of Truth.
And he arrived early on in our novel, and stayed until almost the very end.
A very welcome character.
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| St. Mark's Square, Venice |
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| Venice from the sky |
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| Venice Carnival Mask |
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| Mouth of Truth in the Doge's Palace - reformatted |
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| Glassblower's Art from Venice |
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