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Bitter greens : a novel / Kate Forsyth.
"After Margherita's father steals parsley from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off, unless he and his wife relinquish their precious little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death. She is at the center of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal, love and superstition. Locked away in a tower, Margherita sings in the hope that someone will hear her. One day, a young man does"--Amazon.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250047533 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1250047536
- Physical Description: 495 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Australia : Vintage, 2012. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women > Fiction. Scandals > Fiction. European fiction > Renaissance, 1450-1600. Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559 > Fiction. Rapunzel (Tale) > Adaptations. |
| Genre: | Fairy tales. Historical fiction. |
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- 6 of 7 copies available at Sitka.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Grand Forks and District Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Grand Forks | FIC FOR (Text) | 35142002561453 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bowen Island Public Library | F FOR (Text) | 30947000471777 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF FOR (Text)
Donation: 2016 |
35198000603184 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Rossland Public Library | FIC FOR (Text) | 35162000114055 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Altona Library | F For (Text) | 35864001873155 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| McBride | Fic Gen-Fic For (Text) | 35191000241998 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-16 |
| Winkler Library | F For (Text) | 35864001873148 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
