Martin Garrett

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Martin Garrett has written widely on Renaissance and nineteenth-century literature. He is the author of Venice: A Cultural and Literary Companion. He has lived and worked in Cambridge since 1994.

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Books by Martin Garrett

Oxford

A Cultural Guide

By Martin Garrett

Entertainingly-written and concise guide to Oxford and its environs. Oxford started as an Anglo-Saxon border outpost, with a bridge replacing the “oxen ford” from which it takes its name. It became a center for trade and religion and developed one of the oldest universities in Europe from the lat...

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Venice

A Cultural History

By Martin Garrett

Established on its many islands by Roman refugees, the heart of a maritime empire, a republic for a thousand years, Venice has always been distinct from the rest of Italy - and from anywhere else. It's unique light and hundreds of canals, palaces and churches - from mosaic-encrusted Byzantine to ...

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