The Glassblower of Murano
This is a Murano glass perfume bottle with its stopper. Although I would love to say that I bought it in Murano - because I have been there - the truth is that I found it in a local shop a couple of years ago. :)
For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, Portray a Book Title. The novel I chose is 'The Glassblower of Murano' by Marina Fiorato. Here's a brief synopsis of the story from the GoodReads website:
Venice, 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 unhappy life in London to begin a new one as a glassblower in Venice. As she finds new life and love in her adoptive city, her fate becomes inextricably linked with that of her ancestor and the treacherous secrets of his life begin to come to light.
The Glassblower of Murano
This is a Murano glass perfume bottle with its stopper. Although I would love to say that I bought it in Murano - because I have been there - the truth is that I found it in a local shop a couple of years ago. :)
For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, Portray a Book Title. The novel I chose is 'The Glassblower of Murano' by Marina Fiorato. Here's a brief synopsis of the story from the GoodReads website:
Venice, 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 unhappy life in London to begin a new one as a glassblower in Venice. As she finds new life and love in her adoptive city, her fate becomes inextricably linked with that of her ancestor and the treacherous secrets of his life begin to come to light.