Bitter Greens

by Kate Forsyth

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"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.
  • ISBN10 1250047536
  • ISBN13 9781250047533
  • Publish Date 23 September 2014 (first published 25 February 2013)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 23 August 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Thomas Dunne Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 495
  • Language English