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The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Juliet Aubrey
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About this listen

'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 Thought-Provoking Heartfelt War

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the flow of the story was magical, it was intriguing and too you right there to the time an place.

a genuine original story

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Another clever tale written by a favourite author who transports you to a timeless world in Venice and Morano. Beautifully written and read I felt like I was standing on each jetty and in each boat or glass factory. Wonderfully threaded through time with a blending of eras so clever to keep a character going. I loved it.

Another clever TC transports you to timeless world

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I loved the attention to detail of the Murano glassmakers, the clever use of the passages of time over centuries but maintaining the same family characters. The depth of knowledge of glassmaking is incredible. A most enjoyable read, I have learned so much and have Venice and Murano on my bucket list now!

Great historical novel

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A tad confusing in the time line but very informative on glass making and plague and love over time

Enjoyable

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What a beautiful book. Having been a bead seller and collector, and after just returning from my first trip to Venice, this was the perfect listen; bringing to vibrant life the rich, and sometimes moving, history of Murano and Venice.

Glorious and Gleaming!

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