Marietta: A Maid of Venice
Gelesen von Michele Fry
Francis Marion Crawford
(4,771 Sterne; 24 Bewertungen)
This swash-buckling, romantic story of Zorzi Ballarin and Angelo Beroviero, master glass-blowers of Murano, Italy in the 1500's, is not entirely fiction. Many of the works of these artizans are preserved in the Museum of Murano, including their discovery of the clear glass we know as "crystal". Giovanni Beroviero, the lesser artist and jealous son, did indeed write the damning letter which brought Zorzi to trial before the Council of Ten (the original letter is still preserved). The treasured colored glass formulas of Paolo Godi are real. Arisa the Georgian slave mistress is fictional, but beautiful Eastern slaves were indeed bought and sold in Italy for many centuries. The patriarchal society that kept women walled in was real, and the myriad gondolas plying the canals, and the palaces of Venice in which much of the story takes place, are still there. Francis M. Crawford has woven a riveting tale of intrigue that never slacks off from first word to last. ( ~ Author's note and Michele Fry, Soloist) (11 hr 34 min)
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Bewertungen
Good Romance, Well Read
TLocke
(4 Sterne)
Well written with intimate descriptions of the famed glass works of Murano presented as both background, almost as its own character.
Randall
Randall Morton
(5 Sterne)
Excellent reader. Her voice and manner seem to have been perfectly matched together. Good story but a little heavy on romance for me.
ms SV
(5 Sterne)
I liked the book. It was interesting to learn about Murano glass blowing and the story had plenty of love and adventure in it.
Annabelle & Sam
(5 Sterne)
Loved this book, held my interest throughout. Narrator does a good job
Excellent story and reader!
free LeonardPeltier
(5 Sterne)
The heroine is quite the feminist and hearing about the glass making craft interested me a lot. Also suspense throughout.
great tale made phenomenal by the acting/reading by Michelle Fry
Anewelding
(5 Sterne)
wonderful made even better by the special reading front flash acting of Michelle fry
MommyW/Littles
(5 Sterne)
Excellent reader and captivating story! Thank you for sharing.