Rising tide /
Rumors of the Second Coming of Christ abound in the City of Masks, Venice. Michele Archenti, publisher, former priest and current confidant to the mysterious skeleton-bearer Rodolpho, finds himself swept up in a rising tide of politics, ambition and lust in eighteenth-century Venice. Archenti must n...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Erin, Ontario :
Porcupine's Quill,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Rumors of the Second Coming of Christ abound in the City of Masks, Venice. Michele Archenti, publisher, former priest and current confidant to the mysterious skeleton-bearer Rodolpho, finds himself swept up in a rising tide of politics, ambition and lust in eighteenth-century Venice. Archenti must navigate the murky political waters and outsmart the new Inquisitor from Rome. In the heady, uninhibited days of Carnival, the signs are ripe. The citizens of Venice prepare for the Second Coming of Christ. |
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| Physical Description: | 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780889844148 0889844143 |