Venetian Corfu

In 1966 John Waller and his wife Jannie arrived in Corfu and built a house in 1970. Venetian Corfu and Edward Lear’s paintings illustrates where you can find images of 400 years of Venetian rule and Britain’s 50-year mandate. Edward Lear, famous for his comic writing, painted the island nearly 200 years ago. We start in Venice, travel through the Corfu Channel and learn about Ottoman invasions, French occupation and the Cold War. The book is a trailer for the documentary to follow.

43 Lear paintings, 30 maps, 230 photographs