Bibliograph

Bitter greens, a novel, Kate Forsyth

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Bitter greens, a novel, Kate Forsyth

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Bitter greens

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

879983451

Responsibility statement

Kate Forsyth

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"After Margherita's father steals parsley from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off, unless he and his wife relinquish their precious little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death. She is at the center of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal, love and superstition. Locked away in a tower, Margherita sings in the hope that someone will hear her. One day, a young man does"--Amazon.com

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