The jewels of paradise
(Book)
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2012].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 24 cm
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Oliver La Farge - Adult | Fiction Leon, D | In Transit |
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Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2012].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home, she jumps at the opportunity. The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries, two locked trunks, believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer have been discovered. Deeply-connected in religious and political circles, the composer died childless; now two Venetians, descendants of his cousins, each claim inheritance. Caterina's job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the "testamentary disposition" of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold.
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