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Pindar Diamond

In a small town on the Italian coast a mysterious woman washes ashore. She is crippled mute and clutches a bundle to her chest - a baby the townspeople insist is a real-life mermaid. It can only bring bad luck; they pay a troupe of acrobats to carry mother and child away. In the bustling trade center of Venice merchant Paul Pindar is the subject of his colleagues concern. Since his return from Constantinople they have found him changed; raging over the loss of his beloved Celia he has gambled away his fortune at the gaming tables. But when a priceless blue diamond surfaces in the city Pindar recognizes the opportunity to regain everything he has lost - including perhaps the woman he loves. A celebrated writer of history and travel books Katie Hickman has always been a master of evoking
time and place. With The Pindar Diamond her follow-up to The Aviary Gate she brings early-seventeenth-century Italy vividly to life and also demonstrates her maturity as a novelist. A tale of love and avarice with a touch of the mystical The Pindar Diamond is rich with historical detail and unfolds with urgency and grace. It is accomplished wholly satisfying historical fiction.
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In a small town on the Italian coast a mysterious woman washes ashore. She is crippled mute & clutches a bundle to her chest
- a baby the townspeople insist is a real-life mermaid. It can only bring bad luck; they pay a troupe of acrobats to carry mother & child away. In the bustling trade center of Venice merchant Paul Pindar is the subject of his colleagues concern. Since his return from Constantinople they have found him changed; raging over the loss of his beloved Celia he has gambled away his fortune at the gaming tables. But when a priceless blue diamond surfaces in the city Pindar recognizes the opportunity to regain everything he has lost
- including perhaps the woman he loves. A celebrated writer of history & travel books Katie Hickman has always been a master of evoking time & place. With The Pindar Diamond her follow-up to The Aviary Gate she brings early-seventeenth-century Italy vividly to life & also demonstrates her maturity as a novelist. A tale of love & avarice with a touch of the mystical The Pindar Diamond is rich with historical detail & unfolds with urgency & grace. It is accomplished wholly satisfying historical fiction.

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