The Glassblower of Murano Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books) and chatting with the neighbors

and chatting with the neighbors on the front porch

there is a blood bath in the offing

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and inspired novel

The Glassblower of Murano Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books) and chatting with the neighborsVenice, 1681. Glassblowing is the lifeblood of the Republic, and Venetian mirrors are more precious than gold. Jealously guarded by the murderous Council of Ten, the glassblowers of Murano are virtually imprisoned on their island in the lagoon. But the greatest of the artists, Corradino Manin, sells his methods and his soul to the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, to protect his secret daughter. In the present day his descendant, Leonora Manin, leaves an