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Venice, 1604.
When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant, Paul Pindar, becomes convinced that the jewel is somehow linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey. As his obsession with the mysterious stone grows it becomes clear that there are other, more sinister forces at play. Is the diamond real, or is it just a trick to lure him to his ruin?
'The Pindar Diamond' moves from the canals of Venice to the coasts of Dalmatia, from a famed physic garden in the Venentian lagoon to the secret corridors of a convent – a tale of lust, love, greed, wealth and danger set among the Levant traders in the early years of the seventeenth century.
When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant, Paul Pindar, becomes convinced that the jewel is somehow linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey. As his obsession with the mysterious stone grows it becomes clear that there are other, more sinister forces at play. Is the diamond real, or is it just a trick to lure him to his ruin?
'The Pindar Diamond' moves from the canals of Venice to the coasts of Dalmatia, from a famed physic garden in the Venentian lagoon to the secret corridors of a convent – a tale of lust, love, greed, wealth and danger set among the Levant traders in the early years of the seventeenth century.
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2010 Editions Bloomsbury
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ISBN : 8601410348441
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Ce roman est la suite de La porte aux oiseaux, et nous emmène à Venise. C'est dépaysant, l'intrigue est toujours menée d'une main de maitre par l'auteure qui réussit à captiver, le style est très agréable et en même temps abordable. Une réussite, à lire si on est amateur de romans historiques !