EAN: 9780099580270

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From the bestselling author of the Brunetti crime series comes The Jewels of Paradise a gripping tale of intrigue music history and greed and Donna Leon's first stand-alone novel. 'Splendid . . . A fascinating historical mystery. Full of authentic details and wittily recounted' Independent Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian and like so many of them she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna she lands in Manchester England. Manchester however is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home she jumps at the opportunity. The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries two locked trunks-believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer-have been discovered. Deeply connected in religious and political circles the composer died childless now two Venetians descendants of his cousins each claim the inheritance. Caterina's job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the "testamentary disposition" of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold. . . 'Written with all Leon's elegant delicacy combined with her ability to reveal the truth almost without your noticing this is a little gem of a book' Daily Mail

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