The mirror thief.
The mirror thief.
By
:
Seay, Martin.
Publication Date
:
2016
Subject Term
:
Mirrors -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.
California -- Fiction.
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
The core story is set in Venice in the sixteenth century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination--was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?--the Venetian mirrors were state of the art technology, and subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a crime punishable by death. One man, however--a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose--has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten... Meanwhile, in two other Venices--Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today--two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret... All three stories will weave together into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to put down--an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice... and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781612195148
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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Corner Brook | Adult Fic | Adult Fiction | FIC SEA |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | ADULT FIC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction - Basement | FIC SEA |