The Girl From Venice
Author: Smith, Martin Cruz
ISBN: 9781849838160
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 7.795 inches x 5.118 inches x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Venice, 1945. The war may be waning, but the city known as La Serenissima is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night, under a canopy of stars, a fisherman named Cenzo finds a young woman’s body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble.
Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia is on the run from the Wehrmacht SS. Cenzo chooses to protect Giulia – an act of kindness that leads them into the world of Partisans, Mussolini’s broken promises, and, everywhere, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon.
The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery and danger of occupied Venice.
ISBN: 9781849838160
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 7.795 inches x 5.118 inches x
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
Venice, 1945. The war may be waning, but the city known as La Serenissima is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night, under a canopy of stars, a fisherman named Cenzo finds a young woman’s body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble.
Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia is on the run from the Wehrmacht SS. Cenzo chooses to protect Giulia – an act of kindness that leads them into the world of Partisans, Mussolini’s broken promises, and, everywhere, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon.
The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery and danger of occupied Venice.
