The Venetian Secret, 1620

An Epic Drama Set in The Heart of Venice, a City Riddled With Deceit

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Giulia Morosini ISBN: 9781624888038
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: January 31, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Giulia Morosini
ISBN: 9781624888038
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: January 31, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English
An epic drama set in the heart of Venice, a city riddled with deceit Intelligent and passionate Marietta, 19, lives at a time when dowries are reaching for the skies. Child of a prestigious noble family, the Morosinis, she is no more than a pawn in a frenzied money game to win honor and social status, and consequently, she falls victim to religious fervour and political machinations. Forced by her family to take the veil, Marietta contemplates the impossible. She makes up her mind to defy God, throw off the chains of her destiny, and try to escape to a life in exile with her childhood love, her peer, the nobleman Tommaso Contarini. And old, forgotten painting by Paolo Veronese, showing her beautiful great aunt Rosalba Morosini as a young bride to be, turn out to be essential for her plans to leave behind bleak convent life, the hellfire of the Inquisition, her hateful mother and vile brother, and the convent confessor Orsolo Lupi. Rosalba's romance brings the passion back to Mariettes life
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An epic drama set in the heart of Venice, a city riddled with deceit Intelligent and passionate Marietta, 19, lives at a time when dowries are reaching for the skies. Child of a prestigious noble family, the Morosinis, she is no more than a pawn in a frenzied money game to win honor and social status, and consequently, she falls victim to religious fervour and political machinations. Forced by her family to take the veil, Marietta contemplates the impossible. She makes up her mind to defy God, throw off the chains of her destiny, and try to escape to a life in exile with her childhood love, her peer, the nobleman Tommaso Contarini. And old, forgotten painting by Paolo Veronese, showing her beautiful great aunt Rosalba Morosini as a young bride to be, turn out to be essential for her plans to leave behind bleak convent life, the hellfire of the Inquisition, her hateful mother and vile brother, and the convent confessor Orsolo Lupi. Rosalba's romance brings the passion back to Mariettes life

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