Like her bestselling THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO Marina Fiorato's fifth unforgettable historical love story is set in Venice. For fans of Philippa Gregory Sarah Dunant & Alison Weir. 1576. Five years after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto a ship steals unnoticed into Venice bearing a deadly cargo. A man more dead than alive disembarks & staggers into Piazza San Marco. He brings a gift to Venice from Constantinople. Within days the city is infected with bubonic plague
- & the Turkish Sultan has his revenge. But the ship also holds a secret stowaway
- Feyra a young & beautiful harem doctor fleeing a future as the Sultan's concubine. Only her wits & medical knowledge keep her alive as the plague ravages Venice. In despair the Doge commissions the architect Andrea Palladio to build the greatest church of his career
- an offering to God so magnificent that Venice will be saved. But Palladio's own life is in danger too & it will require all skills of medico Annibale Cason the city's finest plague doctor to keep him alive. But what Annibale had not counted on was meeting Feyra who is now under Palladio's protection a woman who can not only match his medical skills but can also teach him how to care.


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In a city as ancient as Venice myths & legends passed down from generation to generation record more than just love or murder. They are the storehouse of a citys mores emblems of its identity. In Venetian Curiosities" acclaimed novelist Donna Leon recounts some of Venices most intriguing tales: an elephant brought in for Carnival wreaks havoc upon the city before seeking refuge in a church the city employs prostitutes in an attempt to prevent homosexuality innocent men are mistakenly condemned to death a gambler bets the family palazzo. In an introduction & seven essays Leon offers enchanting details & astute insights into Venetian customs of the past & present. " Venetian Curiosities" is beautifully illustrated & like Handels Bestiary it comes with a CD. Here the music is by Antonio Vivaldi with tracks for each section of the book expertly played by Il Complesso Barocco. With the splendid music the delightful images & the perceptive amusing words of Donna Leon " Venetian Curiosities" is a harmonious exploration of one of the worlds most beloved cities." ...

A lorry crashes on one of the treacherous bends in the Italian Dolomites spilling a terrible cargo.. .A prominent international layer is found dead in the carriage of an intercity train at Saint Lucia.. . Can the two tragedies possibly be connected? Commissario Guido Brunetti digs deep into the secret lives of the once great & good for the answer. For in a seedy Venetian bar lies the clue to an evil crime network reaching far beyond the laguna. But it will take another violent death in Venice before the forces of justice can even begin to proceed.. . ...

In Venezia: Food & Dreams Tessa Kiros explores the magic & charm of the famous Italian city of Venice. She embroiders the recipes of this city of canals bridges & carnivals with her own unique colours & threads. Venice is Italys kingdom of salt & pearls prosecco & mermaids bigola & polenta. Tessa travels through the city breathing in its atmosphere & letting its bejewelled past & dark alleyways fuel her imagination. Mingled among Tessas unique recipes & the stunningly beautiful food & scenic photography are Tessas diary jottings on Venices life & culinary delights."" ...

Venezuela occasionally features in world news in connection with its rich oil resources its obsession with beauty pageants its outspoken & colourful president Hugo Chavez or the worlds highest waterfall
- & little else. However beyond the headlines this beautiful & diverse country has so much more to offer to all types of visitors
- hiking the Lost World landscape of Conan Doyle piranha-fishing from dugout canoes paragliding from Andean peaks & windsurfing on Margarita Isl&. Taking travellers to the wildest of fiestas inside the steamiest salsa bars & introducing visitors to the quirkiest of local customs Bradts Venezuela" leads tourists from the Caribbean coast to the southern tropical wilderness delving into the culture & eccentricities of the country more deeply than any other guide."

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Why would suicide need a witness? On the east coast of Ireland Victor Delahaye one of the countrys most prominent citizens takes his business partners son out sailing. But once at sea Davy Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye take out a gun & shoot himself dead. This strange event captures the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett & his friend Pathologist Doctor Quirke. The Delahayes & Clancys have been rivals for generations & the suicide lays bare the perplexing characters at the heart of the mystery from Mona Delahayes toxic young widow to Jonas & James his strange enigmatic twin sons; & Jack Clancy his down-trodden womanizing partner. & when a second death occurs one even more shocking than the first Quirke begins to realise that terrible secrets lie buried within these entangled families; & that in this world of jealousy ruthless ambition & pride -- nothing is quite as it seems.. . ...

Kirsten Meredith is a successful rich & beautiful woman who seems to have it all. But she is also a woman haunted by her past which threatens to ruin her life
- a lingering past of loneliness & rejection. & most dangerous of all of burning vengeance. Lawrence Mc Allister is the man who walked out on her & broke her heart. Yet he is the only man who can help her fight her worst enemy
- Dyllis Fisher a woman who has vowed to destroy Kirstens life at all costs. & in a world where bitter vengeance will know no limit Kirsten needs all the help she can get...

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VENGEANCE features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child Michael Connelly Dennis Lehane & Karin Slaughter as well as some of today's brightest rising talents. The heroes in these stories include a cop who's seen too much a woman who has been pushed too far or just an ordinary person doing what the law will not. Some call them vigilantes others claim they are just another brand of criminal. Edited & with an introduction by Lee Child these stories reveal the shocking consequences when men & women take the law into their own hands. ...

Why would suicide need a witness? On the east coast of Ireland Victor Delahaye one of the country's most prominent citizens takes his business partner's son out sailing. But once at sea Davy Clancy is horrified to witness Delahaye take out a gun & shoot himself dead. This strange event captures the attention of Detective Inspector Hackett & his friend Pathologist Doctor Quirke. The Delahayes & Clancys have been rivals for generations & the suicide lays bare the perplexing characters at the heart of the mystery from Mona Delahaye's toxic young widow to Jonas & James his strange enigmatic twin sons; & Jack Clancy his down-trodden womanizing partner. & when a second death occurs one even more shocking than the first Quirke begins to realise that terrible secrets lie buried within these entangled families; & that in this world of jealousy ruthless ambition & pride -- nothing is quite as it seems.. . ...

The smell grew riper thicker. She began to breathe through her teeth. She'd smelled violent death too many times to mistake it.' When New York homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas makes the gruesome discovery of a mutilated & dismembered body the hunt is on to find an evil sadist. The murderer is close at hand; haunting Eve with cryptic riddles about his next crime
- riddles that always leave her with too little too late. But when the next butchered body is found murder gets personal. Eve may be newly married but the honeymoon is well & truly over. New husband Roarke's ugly past is catching up with him & his secret is the last vital clue in the search for a revengeful killer.
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