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Narrated by:
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Juliet Aubrey
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By:
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Tracy Chevalier
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'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year
'Sparkling'OBSERVER
'A triumph… beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN
'Spellbinding…. Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK
'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead… one of the reigning queens of historical fiction' INDEPENDENT
‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR
FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGVenice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle.
Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime.
Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna – but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her?
Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
©2024 Tracy Chevalier (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about The Glassmaker
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- Hume
- 11-11-24
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Tracy Chevalier is the master! What a story and a bonus history of Venice at the same time. So clever.
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- Mango
- 20-10-24
Engaging
An enjoyable listen with excellent narration. However I didn't get the time slip thing at all & found it unfathomable & confusing.
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- Ms.O.
- 06-12-24
Great historical novel
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!
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-09-24
a genuine original story
the flow of the story was magical, it was intriguing and too you right there to the time an place.
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- Seaglass
- 21-11-24
Glorious and Gleaming!
What a beautiful book. Having been a bead seller and collector, and after just returning from my first trip to Venice, this was the perfect listen; bringing to vibrant life the rich, and sometimes moving, history of Murano and Venice.
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- CantVal
- 07-11-24
Another triumph for Tracey Chevalier
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
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-09-24
The glass bead game
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the best Dorothea Brooke ever. I liked the premise and appreciated the amount of research TC did but perhaps too much detail. However, I do enjoy historical fiction from a female POV and the time travel theme from the plague to Covid.
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- catfoxy19
- 30-10-24
Beautiful Narration
This book is a journey through time, woven with believable characters and rich in detail.
The narration is just beautiful, making a really good book - an exquisite listen.
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- Mrs E Fordham
- 26-10-24
Captivating story, beautifully read
This book was a true joy, I loved listening to it. Chevalier writes a very clever novel, taking the reader through 500 years of Venetian history whilst weaving the story of one woman and her glass making family through them all. She manages to travel centuries whilst linking the different parts of the story together, keeping the reader constantly wanting more.
Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable listen - beautifully read with a story that’s not pithy and superficial but not too dense and heavy either. I will definitely be choosing more of Tracey Chevalier’s books to listen to and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this one.
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- Mair
- 13-10-24
Innovative and intriguing
This is a stunning piece of writing, so clever and beautifully crafted. It starts off as a fairly straightforward historical romance set in Morano/Venice in their late medieval heyday, then quietly and entrancingly morphs into something much much more. It tells the story of Venice/Morano/glass making; it tells us about the nature of families, love and the nature of what it is to be human. It spins tales of plagues, both ancient and modern, and not once, never once did I question the premise Ursula and her family could live for 600 years. Bellissimo, the best read of 2024, I adored it.
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