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Zusatztext 'A great holiday read with solid historical substance' Informationen zum Autor 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 read for a master's degree in Shakespeare. After university she studied art and worked in the film and music industries, creating visuals for U2, The Rolling Stones and the Queen musical We Will Rock You. Her novels Daughter of Siena and Beatrice & Benedick were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Historial Fiction Award. Marina was married on the Grand Canal and lives in north London with her husband, son and daughter. You can find out more about Marina and her writing at www.marinafiorato.com and follow her on Twitter @marinafiorato Klappentext From the author of "The Glassblower Of Murano" and "Daughter Of Siena". Set in Venice in 1576, during a time when the plague reached the city from Constantinople. In despair, the Doge commissions architect Andrea Palladio to build the greatest church of his career, an offering to God so magnificent that Venice will be saved. But is it enough? Zusammenfassung 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.
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'[Fiorato's] knowledge of the city and its history shines through on every page' Choice Magazine
