Description
Product ID: | 9780571239948 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Yashim the Ottoman Detective |
Title: | The Bellini Card |
Authors: | Author: Jason Goodwin |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . . |
Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2009-05-07 |