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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
October 3, 2013
Pages
336
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780099580270
ISBN-10
0099580276
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$15.75
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Earthly Remains: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery | By Its Cover | Falling in Love | Willful Behavior | A Question of Belief | Drawing Conclusions | The Golden Egg | A Sea of Troubles | Beastly Things
Earthly Remains: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery | By Its Cover | Falling in Love | Willful Behavior | A Question of Belief | Drawing Conclusions | The Golden Egg | A Sea of Troubles | Beastly Things
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. With The Jewels of Paradise, Leon takes readers beyond the world of the Venetian Questura in her first standalone novel.
Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, sheâs 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 inheritance. Caterinaâs job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the Âtestamentary dispositionâ of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold. From a masterful writer, The Jewels of Paradise is a superb novel, a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed.
Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, sheâs 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 inheritance. Caterinaâs job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the Âtestamentary dispositionâ of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold. From a masterful writer, The Jewels of Paradise is a superb novel, a gripping tale of intrigue, music, history and greed.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (January 23, 2013)
9781410454324 | details & prices | 401 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $31.99
from Gardners Books (October 4, 2012)
9780434022274 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $30.40
About: Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti.
About: Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti.
from Atlantic Monthly Pr (October 2, 2012)
9780802120649 | details & prices | 256 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.06 lbs | List price $25.00
Paperback
from Grove Pr (October 8, 2013)
9780802120656 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Internationally praised for her Commissario Guido Brunetti series, Donna Leonâs first standalone novel features a widely different but equally compelling sleuth, Caterina Pellegrini.
About: Internationally praised for her Commissario Guido Brunetti series, Donna Leonâs first standalone novel features a widely different but equally compelling sleuth, Caterina Pellegrini.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Gardners Books (October 3, 2013)
9780099580270 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $15.75
About: Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti.
About: Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti.
from Gardners Books (August 22, 2013)
9780099580287 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $11.80
from Gardners Books (October 4, 2012)
9780434022281 | details & prices | 276 pages | 5.00 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $21.55
CD/Spoken Word
With Cassandra Campbell (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Audiogo (October 16, 2012)
9781620644867 | details & prices | 6.00 × 6.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $29.95
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