The First Ghetto

Fascinating . . . an engrossing tale of cruel prejudice and resilience. The book is packed with detail, but, thanks to fluent writing, it never overwhelmsGerard DeGroot, The Times

In this fascinating history . . . Lee conjures the Adriatic seaport in all its strange glory . . . This admirable book offers a poignant testimony to a people who have approached annihilation many timesIan Thomson, The Spectator

Intricately described . . . Lee introduces us to some of the city’s remarkable Jewish residents, [who] form the most vivid pages . . . This important and timely book should do much to breathe life back into [the Ghetto]Frances Wilson, The Telegraph

The most extensively researched study of its subject . . . Lee’s survey is the more valuable for giving proper weight to the experience of Venetian Jewish survival . . . [a] splendid account, whose vitality, resourcefulness and variety of detail will make it hard to rivalJonathan Keates, The Literary Review