What Annibale had not counted on was meeting Feyra, who is now under Palladio's protection-an impossible woman whose medical skills and determination are matched only by his own.įrom Marina Fiorato, author of the acclaimed historical novel The Glassblower of Murano, comes a triumphant return to historical Venice with Venetian Bargain. But Palladio's life is in danger too, and it will require all the skills of Annibale Cason, the city's finest plague doctor, to keep him alive. In despair, the Doge commissions the architect Andrea Palladio to build the greatest church of his career-an offering to God so magnificent that Venice will be saved. He brings a gift to Venice from Constantinople. A man, more dead than alive, disembarks and staggers into Piazza San Marco. Only her wits and medical knowledge keep her alive as the plague ravages Venice. Five years after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto, a ship steals unnoticed into Venice bearing a deadly cargo. Within days the city is infected with bubonic plague-and the Turkish Sultan has his revenge.īut the ship also holds a secret stowaway-Feyra, a young and beautiful harem doctor fleeing a future as the Sultan's concubine. Five years after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto, a ship steals unnoticed into Venice bearing a deadly cargo.
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