false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg 3472480 7 Venice, 1681. Glassblowing is the lifeblood of the Republic, and Venetian mirrors are more precious than gold. Jealously guarded by the murderous Council of Ten, the glassblowers of Murano are virtually imprisoned on their island in the lagoon. But the greatest of the artists, Corradino Manin, sells his methods and his soul to the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, to protect his secret daughter. In the present day his descendant, Leonora Manin, leaves an unhappy life in London to begin a new one as a glassblower in Venice. As she finds new life and love in her adoptive city, her fate becomes inextricably linked with that of her ancestor and the treacherous secrets of his life begin to come to light. 3513785 2007 The Glassblower of Murano total:289|5:24|4:107|3:117|2:38|1:3| 289 978 708 130 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 2 false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 02:48:57 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 10:15:11 -0700 2008
The modern-day story is about an English woman, half Venetian, who moves to Venice after her marriage breaks up and starts tracing the stor...more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 2 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 16:47:08 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 07:01:50 -0700 2009
This is a story about Nora/Leonora (present day) and her ancestor, Corradino (17th Century). Nora was born in Venice, but her mother took her to England when she was a baby. Her husband just left her for another wo...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 0 true Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:02:16 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:44:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 0 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:47:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 07:47:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:03:24 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 21:03:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 5 0 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 09:41:16 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 17:53:08 -0800 2009
This is the story of a woman who chang...more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 0 false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 14:10:02 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 04:46:04 -0700 2009
The language was usually very flowery, and while sometimes this did enhance the descriptions of some places de...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 false Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 12:02:58 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 23:26:51 -0700 2009 1
I really enjoyed the style of writing, the setting and the characters in this book. The author has some beautiful prose describing Venice and it's master glassworking on Murano, which en...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:37:16 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 13:34:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 08:43:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 15:24:31 -0700 2009 The Glassblower of Murano a fast and enjoyable read. Told from both the 17th century perspective of Venetian master glassblower Corradino Manin and the perspective of his 21st century descendant Leonora, you'll get glimpses of a Venice th...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 05:55:54 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:28:44 -0700 2009
Although it gets off to a bit of a slow start, by the end of the novel I was completely engrossed in the story. Remarkably sweet and touching, it tells the story of Nora's ...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 0 true Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 19:16:38 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 04:37:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 09:04:09 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:52:46 -0700 2009
This was a fun read. I read it in one day, while I was traveling and sitting in various airports. It's historical fiction set in Italy, following two stories: Corradino Manin (a glassblower restricted to the island o...more...]]> 6660060 21 7 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6660060-the-glassblower-of-murano 3 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 21:46:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:54:47 -0700 2009 The Glassblower of Murano takes place in the magical city of Venice in two widely separate ages. The modern main character, Leonora Manin, is the descendant of Corradino Manin, a fallen aristocrat and one of the greatest glassblowers to ever come out of Murano. After a painful divorce, Leonora dec...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 false Sun Mar 29 08:47:47 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 18:26:09 -0700 2009
The protagonist, Leonora Manin, is an American glassblower who visits Venice to...more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 2 0 false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 08:30:41 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 09:52:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 3 0 false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:45:33 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 11:43:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 4 0 true Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 19:03:27 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 09:14:42 -0700 2009 I received this ARC through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers' Program.

This was a story split between 1681 and modern times. The tale of a bland woman, Leonora, whose life collapses. She moves from London to the city where she was born, Venice, to pursue a career in glassblowing....more...]]> 3472480 1905636245 9781905636242 211 93 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3472480.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 0 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 08:36:41 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 15:25:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6092895 0312386982 9780312386986 57 30 3.38 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255917230m/6092895.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6092895.The_Glassblower_of_Murano 2 0 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:42:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:54:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6092895