Lady Emily Ashton Mysteries, Tome 7 : Death in the Floating City
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- Tasha Alexander (Écrivain)
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The instant I opened the enormous and dusty volume of the Libro d’Oro handed to me by a clerk in the city archives, I realized I’d taken on a task of only somewhat less than Herculean proportion. Donata’s warning had not been for nothing, and the amusement with which the clerk met my request should perhaps have given me pause. The Libro d’Oro had profound significance in Renaissance Venice. Only those whose family names were listed in it could serve in the republic’s government. It had started, in the early days, with a manageable group of families, the equivalent, I suppose, of the English aristocracy. Like the English aristocracy, it had expanded over the years as the number of influential and wealthy families in the city ballooned. Eventually, the Libro d’Oro had been closed to further additions.
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Lady Emily Ashton Mysteries, Tome 7 : Death in the Floating City
- France : 2016-03-03 - Poche (Français)
- USA : 2012-10-16 (English)
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Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. There's no one Emma can turn to for help but Emily, who leaves at once with her husband, the dashing Colin Hargreaves, for Venice. There, her investigations take her from opulent palazzi to slums, libraries, and bordellos. Emily soon realizes that to solve the present day crime, she must first unravel a centuries old puzzle. But the past does not give up its secrets easily, especially when these revelations might threaten the interests of some very powerful people.
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