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The lost diary of Venice / Margaux DeRoux.
In 'The Lost Diary of Venice' two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984819482 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 328 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Subject: | Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538-1600 > Fiction. Painters > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Art restorers > Fiction. Italy > History > 1492-1559 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC DeRou | 31681010197788 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Navigating her attraction to a married customer who has brought her a 16th- century treatise, a book restorer uncovers the story of a forbidden romance between a courtesan and a Renaissance artist who is losing his sight. A first novel. - Baker & Taylor
In the wake of her father's death, Rose Newlin finds solace in her work as a book restorer. Then, one rainy Connecticut afternoon, a struggling painter appears at her door. William Lomazzo brings with him a sixteenth-century treatise on art, which Rose quickly identifies as a palimpsest: a document written over a hidden diary that had purposely been scraped away. Yet the restoration sparks an unforeseen challenge when William--a married man--and Rose experience an instant, unspoken attraction. Five centuries earlier, Renaissance-era Venetians find themselves at the mercy of an encroaching Ottoman fleet preparing for a bloody war. Giovanni Lomazzo, a portrait artist grappling with tragedy, discovers that his vision is fading with each passing day. Facing the possibility of a completely dark world, Gio begins to document his every encounter, including what may be his final artistic feat: a commission to paint the enchanting courtesan of one of Venice's most powerful military commanders. Soon, however, Gio finds himself enraptured by a magnificent forbidden love. Spellbound by Gio's revelations, Rose and William are soon forced to confront the reality of their own mystifying connection. - Baker & Taylor
Navigating her attraction to a married customer who has brought her a sixteenth-century treatise, a book restorer uncovers the story of a forbidden romance between a courtesan and a Renaissance artist who was losing his sight. - Random House, Inc.
Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.
âEnchanting from the first page.ââSarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author of All the Flowers in Paris
In the wake of her fatherâs death, Rose Newlin finds solace in her work as a book restorer. Then, one rainy Connecticut afternoon, a struggling painter appears at her door. William Lomazzo brings with him a sixteenth-century treatise on art, which Rose quickly identifies as a palimpsest: a document written over a hidden diary that had purposely been scraped away. Yet the restoration sparks an unforeseen challenge when Williamâa married manâand Rose experience an instant, unspoken attraction.
Five centuries earlier, Renaissance-era Venetians find themselves at the mercy of an encroaching Ottoman fleet preparing for a bloody war. Giovanni Lomazzo, a portrait artist grappling with tragedy, discovers that his vision is fading with each passing day. Facing the possibility of a completely dark world, Gio begins to document his every encounter, including what may be his final artistic feat: a commission to paint the enchanting courtesan of one of Veniceâs most powerful military commanders. Soon, however, Gio finds himself enraptured by a magnificent forbidden love.
Spellbound by Gioâs revelations, Rose and William are soon forced to confront the reality of their own mystifying connection.
A richly detailed page-turner shadowed by one of historyâs darkest times, The Lost Diary of Venice weaves a heartbreakingly vivid portrait of two vastly different worldsâand two tales of entrancing, unrelenting love.
