In The City of Dark Waters

by Jakeman, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780425209813
• ISBN10: 0425209814
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-02
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover

Summary

"Venice, 1908: Among the crumbling marble glories of Venice, where the nobility still dwells in ancient palazzi, one can easily forget the breakneck pace of the world outside the sleepy city. Here, artist Claude Monet and his wife have escaped the nooses of scandal and rumor in Paris so that Claude might capture the famous Venetian light on water and marble. Like them, Revel Callender is taking a year's respite from his London law practice to learn Italian, study the galleries, perhaps even try his own hand at art." "Little do the outsiders know, however, that scandal and intrigue will find them even here, lost as they are in the labyrinth of canals. Monet remains haunted by the Parisian murder case that brought unwanted attention to his wife. And when the ever-powerful, age-old Casimiri family hires Callender to handle some paperwork upon the passing of their beloved ancient principessa, the Londoner cannot stop thinking about the ethereal Clara Casimiri - and is led into a web of murder, legend, and sexual deviation. And he knows that, on an island city, you can hide but you can't run."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Jane Jakeman is a well-known journalist and art historian and has worked for Oxford University Press. She is also the author of two 19th-century novels starring Lord Ambrose, The Egyptian Coffin (9/05) and Let There Be Blood (9/04)