Bianca, meanwhile, mistrusts Ian and presumes he is guilty of the bloody killing. In a heartbeat, the dashing Ian draws the obvious conclusion that he’s caught the murderer redhanded. Clutching the shining dagger, Bianca looks up to see none other than Ian Foscari himself. When she arrives at the home of a young courtesan, she is shocked to find a tragic scene: the lady has been murdered, stabbed with a dagger bearing the coat of arms of Ian Foscari, a handsome aristocrat renowned throughout Britain and Europe for his courageous escapades and his romantic conquests. A warm and witty love story laced with mesmerizing intrigue, an unforgettable adventure set against the dazzling and utterly romantic landscape of Renaissance Venice, this wonderful novel marks the arrival of a splendid new storytelling talent.īianca Salva, the brilliant and beautiful daughter of a renowned doctor, defies the conventions of the day by practicing medicine among the poor in her city. A fiction debut that shimmers with sensuality and evokes a magical time and place, Michele Jaffe’s The Stargazer is one of the most talked about novels of the year.
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