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The Venetian Contract
Marina Fiorato
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Description for The Venetian Contract
Paperback. Like her bestselling THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO, this fifth unforgettable historical love story from Marina Fiorato is set in Venice. For fans of Philippa Gregory, Sarah Dunant and Alison Weir. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
Like her bestselling THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO, Marina Fiorato's fifth unforgettable historical love story is set in Venice. For fans of Philippa Gregory, Sarah Dunant and Alison Weir.
1576. Five years after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto, a ship steals unnoticed into Venice bearing a deadly cargo. A man more dead than alive, disembarks and staggers into Piazza San Marco. He brings a gift to Venice from Constantinople. Within days the city is infected with bubonic plague - and the Turkish Sultan has his revenge.
But the ship also holds a secret ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848545670
SKU
V9781848545670
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Marina Fiorato
Marina Fiorato is half-Venetian. She was born in Manchester and raised in the Yorkshire Dales. She is a history graduate of Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she specialized in the study of Shakespeare's plays as an historical source. After university she studied art and since worked as an illustrator, actress and film reviewer. Marina was married on ... Read more
Reviews for The Venetian Contract
'[Fiorato's] knowledge of the city and its history shines through on every page'
Choice Magazine
'I absolutely loved this story'
debrasbookcafe.blogspot.co.uk
'If you like historical fiction and/or medical dramas, you should really give this a try. Fiorato writes with a deft hand and creates a whirlwind world that is excitingly beautiful and uncertain'
http://bcfreviews.wordpress.com
... Read more
Choice Magazine
'I absolutely loved this story'
debrasbookcafe.blogspot.co.uk
'If you like historical fiction and/or medical dramas, you should really give this a try. Fiorato writes with a deft hand and creates a whirlwind world that is excitingly beautiful and uncertain'
http://bcfreviews.wordpress.com
... Read more