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HTML: Commissario Brunetti delves into the shadows of a Venetian family's past in this "gripping intellectual mystery" in the New York Times??bestselling series (Publishers Weekly). In A Noble Radiance, a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the hearts of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.
"Goes a long way to confirming Donna Leon's claim to have taken literary possession of Venice . . . A Noble Radiance gives the reader a delightful foretaste of the summer holidays to come, but it also offers much more than that." ??The Independent on Sunday
"The marvel of this book is that almost every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unraveling the mystery." ??The Sunday Times
"Brunetti emerges as an intelligent, somewhat world-weary individual who believes in his cause if not the system itself. In short, he's the ideal protagonist for this culturally rich mystery." ??Publishers Weekly
"In her detective novels with Commissario Brunetti, Donna Leon can paralyze the reader with a joyful suspense, lost in the environs of Venice and hopelessly in love with her central character and his wife." ??Mail… (more) |
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La nobiltà ha dipinta negli occhi l'onestà
The nobility has honesty painted in its eyes
Don Giovanni
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There was nothing much to notice about the field, a hundred-metre square of dry grass below a small village in the foothills of the Dolomites. | |
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Bij de adel staat eer in de ogen geschreven
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HTML:Commissario Brunetti delves into the shadows of a Venetian family's past in this "gripping intellectual mystery" in the New York Times??bestselling series (Publishers Weekly).
In A Noble Radiance, a new landowner is summoned urgently to his house not far from Venice when workmen accidentally unearth a macabre grave. The human corpse is badly decomposed, but a ring found nearby proves to be a clue that reopens an infamous case of kidnapping involving one of Venice's most aristocratic families. Only Commissario Brunetti can unravel the clues and find his way into both the hearts of patrician Venice and that of a family grieving for their abducted son.
"Goes a long way to confirming Donna Leon's claim to have taken literary possession of Venice . . . A Noble Radiance gives the reader a delightful foretaste of the summer holidays to come, but it also offers much more than that." ??The Independent on Sunday
"The marvel of this book is that almost every detail on every page forms part of a succession of clues, planted with exquisite precision, to unraveling the mystery." ??The Sunday Times
"Brunetti emerges as an intelligent, somewhat world-weary individual who believes in his cause if not the system itself. In short, he's the ideal protagonist for this culturally rich mystery." ??Publishers Weekly
"In her detective novels with Commissario Brunetti, Donna Leon can paralyze the reader with a joyful suspense, lost in the environs of Venice and hopelessly in love with her central character and his wife." ??Mail ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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Workmen unearth a body in a field near Venice. Though the body is badly decomposed, a ring is found nearby - a very distinctive ring related to one of Venice’s most aristocratic families.
The ring is a clue to the very famous, unsolved kidnapping case involving the only son and heir of the Lorenzoni Family.
Excellent plotting. Interesting and very troubling characters. Of course, Commissario Brunetti solves the case. Venice, as usual, is the central character in this series - its history, its culture (so frustrating at times) and its beauty.
Guido Brunetti is one of my favorite literary characters.
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