The Mirror Makers

Clare Colvin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2004
Arrow Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-09-943506-8 (ISBN)

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Louis XIV, at the height of his powers and grandiose ambitions, dreams of constructing a great Hall of Mirrors in the palace of Versailles. But the only craftsmen who know the secret are in Murano, prisoners of the Venetian Republic. The promise (via Louis XIV's controller of finances, Jean-Louis Colbert) of riches, adventure, a new life, prompts Andrea Allegri and a renegade group of mirror-makers, to risk not only his father's wrath but the severest punishment by the Venetian authorities. And, once in the Sun King's Court, Andrea finds himself caught up, not only with dangerous palace politics, but with one of the King's mistresses. Inventive, romantic and exciting, Clare Colvin's novel is a magical evocation of a glittering period of history.

Clare Colvin's first novel, A Fatal Season, received excellent reviews. She is also a well-known journalist and short story writer whose work has appeared in anthologies, on radio and has been translated in Europe. She writes regularly for national newspapers and magazines and is a former literary editor of the Express on Sunday.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2004
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	288 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-09-943506-3 / 0099435063
ISBN-13	978-0-09-943506-8 / 9780099435068
Zustand	Neuware