1
/
of
1
Tracy Chevalier
The Glassmaker
The Glassmaker
Regular price
$21.24 AUD
Regular price
$24.99 AUD
Sale price
$21.24 AUD
Taxes included.
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Quantity
Couldn't load pickup availability
Dispatch and delivery
Dispatch and delivery
Supplier in stock
'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year'Sparkling' OBSERVER'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATOR
FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGVenice, 1486.Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives perfecting.In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGVenice, 1486.Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives perfecting.In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
About the author
Tracy Chevalier is the author of ten novels, including At the Edge of the Orchard, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Born in Washington DC, in 1984 she moved to London, where she lives with her husband and son.Share
No reviews
