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The Ornatrix
Kate Howard
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Description for The Ornatrix
Paperback. The passionate and elegantly dark tale of desire, obsession and deceit. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
Flavia was born with a birthmark marring her face in the shape of a bird in flight. A dyer's daughter, she grows up in a secluded little house in the woods, away from prying eyes. Ashamed of the mark, her mother forces Flavia to conceal her face behind a veil. But on the night before her younger sister's wedding, Flavia does something drastic, something that will draw her into a much wider and stranger world than she could have imagined: the convent of Santa Giuliana, just outside the city walls. There she meets Ghostanza, a courtesan turned widow, ... Read more
Flavia was born with a birthmark marring her face in the shape of a bird in flight. A dyer's daughter, she grows up in a secluded little house in the woods, away from prying eyes. Ashamed of the mark, her mother forces Flavia to conceal her face behind a veil. But on the night before her younger sister's wedding, Flavia does something drastic, something that will draw her into a much wider and stranger world than she could have imagined: the convent of Santa Giuliana, just outside the city walls. There she meets Ghostanza, a courtesan turned widow, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715650974
SKU
V9780715650974
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Kate Howard
Kate Howard has lived and worked in Italy for many years, but now lives in Brighton. She works at the University of Sussex. The Ornatrix is her first novel.
Reviews for The Ornatrix
Brilliant... kept me guessing until the end
Lisa Cox
Nudge
Richly drawn historical novel
Sheerluxe, Summer Reads 2016
Vivid, dark and utterly compelling... a rich, lush novel and Kate Howard is a wonderful new voice in historical fiction'
Imogen Robertson, author of Theft of Life A historical novel in the old fashioned style... deliciously ... Read more
Lisa Cox
Nudge
Richly drawn historical novel
Sheerluxe, Summer Reads 2016
Vivid, dark and utterly compelling... a rich, lush novel and Kate Howard is a wonderful new voice in historical fiction'
Imogen Robertson, author of Theft of Life A historical novel in the old fashioned style... deliciously ... Read more