The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice Book

Abandoned unfinished and left to rot on venice’s grand canal, ‘Il Palazzo Non finito’ was once an unloved guest among the br>Aristocrats of Venetian architecture. Yet in the 20th century it played host to three passionate and unconventional women who would take the city by storm. The staggeringly wealthy marchesa Luisa casati made her new home a Belle Epoque aesthete’s fantasy and herself a living work of art; notorious British socialite Doris castlerosse (née Delevingne) welcomed film stars and royalty to glittering parties between the Wars; and American heiress Peggy Guggenheim amassed an exquisite collection of modern art, which today draws visitors from around the world.