The Venetian Mask: A Novel-Fast Shipping

Description

Enduring friendships and long-held vendettas come alive against the splendor anddecadence of eighteenth-century Venice.

In 1775 Venice–known to outsiders as “thebrothel of Europe”–the tradition of mask-wearing has allowed adultery and debaucheryto flourish. But Marietta and Elena, two friends at the Ospedale della Pietà,a world-famous orphanage and music school for girls, know little of that milieu–untilthey come of age.

Elena is forced to wed the head of the Celano clan, a jealous,brutal man, while Marietta marries Domenico Torrisi, whose family vendetta with theCelanos is centuries old. Tradition dictates that the friends should never speakagain, but their bond is too strong to break.

As the French Revolution unsettlesall of Europe, Elena’s husband frames Domenico and he becomes a political and Elena plot to save him, and the women discover that Venetian masks havenoble purposes, too–but will their efforts put their own lives at risk?

Embodyingthe glitter and the treachery of the city it portrays, The Venetian Mask will keepyou turning pages long into the night.