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The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Juliet Aubrey
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'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK

'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year

'Sparkling'OBSERVER

'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN

'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT

'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon’ PHILIPPA GREGORY

‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR

FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

Venice, 1486.

Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.

In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.

Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.

©2024 Tracy Chevalier (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Historical Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Thought-Provoking War
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Historical fiction through the eyes of the same family through the centuries. The accents worked with dollops of italian

Nice

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The writing is beautiful and is an ode to Venice and its history, both of which I know reasonably well, and I really enjoyed the book. It's a family saga, where the family would usually be successive generations, but in this are simply the same, very long-lived family. This sort of works as long as you don't think about the details of it too much! The narration is excellent throughout.

Love story to Venice

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this is the first time I have listened to an audio book and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The story of the Murano glassmakers over a wide range of time gives insight into the pride and passion and history and tradition of the island. Getting to know the characters is made easy; some you bond with and some you instantly dislike . The quiet love story in the background is beautiful.

Transported to Murano

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Amazing time hopping device! What a wonderful way to tell a story. And exquisitely narrated. You will not be disappointed.

Wonderful and beautifully read

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I loved it. It’s a wonderful book and would highly recommend it. The narration is great too.

Magical

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