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In the company of the courtesan

Dunant, Sarah. (Author).

Summary: Renaissance Italy, 1527, during the sacking of Rome. Cortesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion Bucino, with their stomachs full of the jewels they have swallowed, head for Venice. There they infiltrate Venetian society and together the make a perfect partnership - the sharp tongued, sharp witted dwarf and his mistress trained from birth to entertain and satisfy men with money. As their fortunes increase their partnership comes under threat from the attentions of an admirer and from a blind healer who insinuates herself into their lives with devastating consequences for them all.

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  • ISBN: 0316029688 (hc) :
  • ISBN: 9780316029681
  • ISBN: 9781844082292
  • Physical Description: 408 p. : col. maps ; 21 cm.
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  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: London : Little Brown, c2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-408).

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Subject: Blind women -- Fiction
Courtesans -- Fiction
Dwarfs -- Fiction
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797 -- Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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