The Venetian Bargain
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Publisher Description
Venice, 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 and staggers into Piazza San Marco. He brings a gift to Venice from Constantinople. Within days the city is infected with bubonic plague—and the Turkish Sultan has his revenge.
But the ship also holds a secret stowaway—Feyra, a young and beautiful harem doctor fleeing a future as the Sultan's concubine. Only her wits and 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 life is in danger too, and it will require all the skills of Annibale Cason, the city's finest plague doctor, to keep him alive. What Annibale had not counted on was meeting Feyra, who is now under Palladio's protection—an impossible woman whose medical skills and determination are matched only by his own.
From Marina Fiorato, author of the acclaimed historical novel The Glassblower of Murano, comes a triumphant return to historical Venice with Venetian Bargain.
Customer Reviews
Amazing read
I love historical fiction, and this author does a fine job of weaving historical facts of Venice into this amazing story. Having been to Venice only heightened my experience as she paints vivid word picture of Venice in the mid 1500's, and I could picture the heroine racing down the narrow alleys and boarding the gondolas. . With well developed characters and tons of intrigue, I highly recommend this book. I was sorry to see it end, and would like a second novel !!
The Venetian Bargain
I loved this book. I learned a lot more about Venice, Constantinople and plagues and humors. Wonderful story. Thank you.