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THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO
By: Marina Fiorato
St. Martin's Griffin
June 2009
On Sale: May 26, 2009
368 pages
ISBN: 0312386982
EAN: 9780312386986
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Romance Suspense
Venice, 1681.Β Glassblowing is the lifeblood of theΒ Republic, and Venetian mirrors areΒ more precious than gold. Jealously guarded by the murderous Council of Ten, the glassblowers of Murano are virtually imprisoned on their island in the lagoon. But the greatest of the artists, Corradino Manin, sells his methods and his soul to the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, to protect his secret daughter. In the present day his descendant,Β Leonora Manin,Β leaves an unhappy life in LondonΒ to begin a newΒ one as a glassblower in Venice. As she finds new life and love inΒ her adoptiveΒ city, her fate becomes inextricably linked with that of her ancestorΒ andΒ the treacherous secrets of his life beginΒ to comeΒ to light.
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