Jewels Of Paradise
£17.99
Caterina Pellegrini is a young Venetian woman who has been hired to find the truthful heir to an alleged treasure devised by a once-famous baroque composer. She can only solve the mystery by reading through the papers contained in two chests. Caterina finds herself drawn into one of the most scandalous affairs of the era.
From the bestselling author of the Brunetti crime series comes The Jewels of Paradise, a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed and Donna Leon’s first stand-alone novel.
Caterina Pellegrini is a young Venetian musicologist hired by two competing cousins to find the truthful heir to an alleged treasure concealed by a once-famous, but now almost forgotten, baroque composer. Sworn to secrecy, Caterina can solve the mystery only by searching through the papers contained in the composer’s two chests that have not been opened for centuries.
As she delves into all quarters of his life, from professional to personal, she is drawn into one of the most scandalous affairs of the baroque era. When her research takes her in unexpected directions, she begins to wonder what dark secrets these chests hold and just whom can she trust?
| Weight | 0.42 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.2 × 14.4 × 2.8 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 276 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Hardback original |
| Dewey | 813.54 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
