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The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Juliet Aubrey
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'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 EARRING

Venice, 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.

©2024 Tracy Chevalier (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Historical Fiction Feel-Good Heartfelt Thought-Provoking War
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An enjoyable listen with excellent narration. However I didn't get the time slip thing at all & found it unfathomable & confusing.

Engaging

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I loved the attention to detail of the Murano glassmakers, the clever use of the passages of time over centuries but maintaining the same family characters. The depth of knowledge of glassmaking is incredible. A most enjoyable read, I have learned so much and have Venice and Murano on my bucket list now!

Great historical novel

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Another clever tale written by a favourite author who transports you to a timeless world in Venice and Morano. Beautifully written and read I felt like I was standing on each jetty and in each boat or glass factory. Wonderfully threaded through time with a blending of eras so clever to keep a character going. I loved it.

Another clever TC transports you to timeless world

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Really loved this and I think it’s one of Tracey Chevalier’s best novels. Also beautiful read with lots of Italian beauty!

What an excellent story one of her best!

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A good story with interesting historical facts. Well written and well researched. I loved it!

Brilliant!

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As long as you hold a willing suspension of disbelief in reference to the time line, the story weaves a beautiful tale of Ursula and her family. Totally enchanting.

Enchanting history of a glass making dynasty.

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A tad confusing in the time line but very informative on glass making and plague and love over time

Enjoyable

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the flow of the story was magical, it was intriguing and too you right there to the time an place.

a genuine original story

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Historical fiction through the eyes of the same family through the centuries. The accents worked with dollops of italian

Nice

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Beautifully and sensitively narrated this is a story of Venetian glass and glassmakers through the centuries. Once again she conjures both the place and the people so vividly that is a joy to accompany them. I have been to Venice twice now but listening to this has followed me with the desire to revisit with this book inside me. If you have enjoyed her previous works you will not be distr you are a new reader/listener this is a good place to start

Another triumph for Tracey Chevalier

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