Embodying the glitter and the treachery of the city it portrays, The Venetian Mask will keep you turning pages long into the night. Author: Rosalind Laker; Publisher: Crown ISBN: Category: Fiction Page: View: Download». This is a book full of vivid imagery in typical Rosalind Laker fashion. Following the historical setting of Venice during it's Serenissima granduer, Laker weaves in characters and intrigue to draw the reader into the story. Her skillful writing makes you love and hate the Reviews: · THE VENETIAN MASK. by Rosalind Laker ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 1, More old-fashioned historical romance from Laker (The Golden Tulip, etc. etc.), this time set in Venice just before Napoleon forces the declining republic to its knees. Laker's latest tale of high jinks, love, and woe stars an orphan girl named Marietta, raised in Venice's Author: Rosalind Laker.
THE VENETIAN MASK "Highly Enjoyable" The Times "Another captivating story by an author famed for her skilled use of exotic backgrounds." The Good Book Guide "Laker has a marvellous gift for evoking atmosphere with assiduously researched, intriguing details which she places throughout a genuinely exciting narrative." Publishers Weekly. the venetian mask rosalind laker The Venetian Mask - A Novel Within the walls of the Ospedale della Pietà, eighteenth-century Venice's music school for orphaned girls, three children--Adrianna, Elena, and Marietta--become fast friends and grow up to experience lives of passion, betrayal, and heartbreak. Reprint. 50, first printing. Rosalind Laker Booklist Rosalind Laker Message Board. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of The Venetian Mask; Marietta and Elena are two girls living in a Venetian school for orphans. Both want to become famous singers. Elena, however, gets engaged to Marco, heir to the House of Celano. Sadly, Marco dies of a fever, and Elena is passed along to.
Rosalind Laker vividly recreates the mystique of the "golden age" of Venice where sin can hide behind the mask of the wearer. She has wonderfully portrayed the decadence of Venice. The reader will be swept away on a heart-wrenching journey of violence, trickery, and dark secrets. THE VENETIAN MASK “Highly Enjoyable" The Times “Another captivating story by an author famed for her skilled use of exotic backgrounds." The Good Book Guide “Laker has a marvellous gift for evoking atmosphere with assiduously researched, intriguing details which she places throughout a genuinely exciting narrative." Publishers Weekly. The Venetian Mask by Rosalind Laker is a dramatic and romantic novel about two orphaned girls, who reside in the famous Ospedale Della Pieta. The Pieta is renowned for its beautiful and innocent girls, who are presented to society through their music and artistic talents.
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