The Ornatrix

by Kate Howard

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Flavia was born with a birthmark marring her face in the shape of a bird in flight. A dyer’s daughter, she grows up in a secluded little house in the woods, away from prying eyes. Ashamed of the mark, her mother forces Flavia to conceal her face behind a veil. But on the night before her younger sister’s wedding, Flavia does something drastic, something that will draw her into a much wider and stranger world than she could have imagined: the convent of Santa Giuliana, just outside the city walls. There she meets Ghostanza, a courtesan turned widow, whose...

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  • ISBN10 0715650971
  • ISBN13 9780715650974
  • Publish Date 14 July 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Prelude
  • Imprint Duckworth
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 360
  • Language English