Gallery Books
February 2012
On Sale: February 14, 2012
352 pages ISBN: 1451657471 EAN: 9781451657470 Kindle: B005GG0M2O Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
A "lavishly detailed" ( Elle Canada) debut that masterfully
captures sixteenth century Venice against a dramatic and
poetic tale of suspense. Not since The Red Tent or People of
the Book has a novel transported readers so intimately into
the complex lives of women centuries ago or so richly into a
story of intrigue that transcends the boundaries of history.
Hannah Levi is renowned for her gift at coaxing reluctant
babies from their mothers using her secret "birthing
spoons." When a Christian count implores her to attend his
dying wife and save their unborn son, she is torn. A Papal
edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to
Christians, but the count's payment is enough to ransom
Hannah's husband, Isaac, who has been captured at sea. Can
she refuse her duty to a woman who is suffering? Hannah's
choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that
endangers the child and threatens her voyage to Malta, where
Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy
his passage to a new life. Beautifully told with exceptional
skill, The Midwife of Venice brings to life a time and a
place cloaked in fascination and mystery and introduces a
captivating new talent in historical fiction.
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