The Venetian Bargain

By: Marina Fiorato

Narrated by: Pamela Garelick

Venice, 1576. Five years after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto, a ship steals unnoticed into Venice bearing a deadly cargo. A man, more dead than alive, disembarks and staggers into Piazza San Marco. He brings a gift to Venice from Constantinople. Within days the city is infected with bubonic plague - and the Turkish sultan has his revenge.

But the ship also holds a secret stowaway - Feyra, a young and beautiful harem doctor fleeing a future as the sultan's concubine. Only her wits and medical knowledge keep her alive as the plague ravages Venice.

In despair, the doge commissions the architect Andrea Palladio to build the greatest church of his career - an offering to God so magnificent that Venice will be saved. But Palladio's life is in danger too, and it will require all the skills of Annibale Cason, the city's finest plague doctor, to keep him alive. What Cason had not counted on was meeting Feyra, who is now under Palladio's protection - an impossible woman whose medical skills and determination are matched only by his own.

From Marina Fiorato, author of the acclaimed historical novelThe Glassblower of Murano, comes a triumphant return to historical Venice with The Venetian Bargain.

©2014 Marina Fiorato (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Excellent!

Well written, well narrated. Very interesting story, easy to listen to without unnecessary drama. 5 ⭐️

Amazing Story and Great Narration

This was an amazing story. It was based on historical fact of the plague but woven with fiction to keep the reader enthralled.

The narrator has an amazing dialect for all characters.

100% recommend.

Great Story

Very interesting characters and an unusual story. I enjoyed the story teller and would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. No smut either!

Magnificent

Graciously and delicately wound story in both Eastern and Western, modern and classic styles. Delicious language beautifully performed. I was delighted from the first to the last word.

Best Book Ever

If you love stories of the Renaissance period and the Ottoman Empire, this book is for you. The tension of the East and West is felt through conflict of faith and reason. What an excellent historical fiction novel.