eBooks - Young Adults - Fiction - DONNA JO NAPOLI - Daughter of Venice
Daughter of Venice eBooks
by DONNA JO NAPOLI
|
Platforms
Windows Vista / XP / 2000, Mac OS X, Sony Reader Features
|
Availability:
Download Now Price: $6.50
|
|
Platforms
Windows PC, Windows Mobile 5.0-6.0, Pocket PC 2003 Features
|
Availability:
Download Now Price: $6.50
|
|
Platforms
Windows PC, Palm, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Symbian OS, Blackberry, iLiad, and more. Features
|
Availability:
Download Now Price: $3.99
|
|
Platforms
Palm, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Windows PC, Mac, iPhone/iPod Touch Features
|
Availability:
Download Now Price: $6.50
|
Daughter of Venice Summary
|
This rich story, set in the Venice of 1592, illuminates the life of Donata, a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education, and rarely leave the palazzo. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed on the map in her father's study. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? Dressed as a boy, Donata escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away in a convent, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. Donata risks everything; she changes her life, and her family's life, forever when she walks through the door and encounters a Venice she never knew existed. |
|
|
|
In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave the palazzo. In a noble family, only one daughter and one son will be allowed to marry; Donata, like all younger daughters, will be sent to a convent. Donata longs to be tutored like her brothers and to see the Venice she has glimpsed only on the map. What is the world beyond her balcony, beyond what she sees when she glides, veiled, in a gondola down the canal? She dresses as a boy and escapes the palazzo on the Grand Canal to see the world before she is shut away, and to try to find a way to escape her fate. Donata risks everything; she changes her life, and her family's life, forever when she walks through the door and encounters a Venice she never knew existed. From the Hardcover edition. |
|
|
eBooks - Titles - Authors - Young Adults - Fiction - DONNA JO NAPOLI - Daughter of Venice