Lucifer's Shadow by David Hewson

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Lucifer's Shadow by David Hewson

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When a young Englishman arrives in Venice for a summer job, he finds that the city's glittering facade masks a much darker reality. Cataloguing an old library, he discovers a lost musical masterpiece, and is drawn into a game of deception, with its roots in the political minefield of Vivaldi's Venice.

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Lucifer's Shadow by David Hewson

When a young Englishman arrives in Venice for a summer job, he finds that the city's glittering facade masks a much darker reality. Cataloguing an old library, he discovers a lost musical masterpiece, and is drawn into a game of deception, with its roots in the political minefield of Vivaldi's Venice. Venice 1733: the young Lorenzo Scacchi has just arrived in the city to work for his uncle at the renowned printing press of Ca' Scacchi. Awed by Venice's splendour, Lorenzo discovers a world of possibilities he has never before dreamed of. But he finds a darker side too. Ordered by his uncle to chaperone a beautiful and gifted violinist who cannot openly reveal her identity, Lorenzo is drawn into a dangerous game of deception, with horrifying consequences. More than 250 years later, a young Englishman, Daniel Forster, comes to Venice for a summer job and is immediately seduced by the city's beauty and exoticism. Cataloguing a library in the Ca' Scacchi, Daniel discovers the manuscript of an anonymous eighteenth-century concerto. Soon he has become involved in an elaborate scam, leading to a vertiginous spiral of criminal conspiracy and erotic pursuit. David Hewson brilliantly interweaves two stories of intrigue and corruption, set centuries apart, and eventually draws them together in a stunning double-twist ending. Complex, beautiful, suspenseful, Lucifer's Shadow is Hewson's most tantalising and rewarding novel yet.
Praise for Semana Santa: 'The claustrophobia of an introverted society ! is portrayed with subtle skill: the personal passions come across with intensity and powerSemana Santa is a satisfying full-blooded read' The Times Praise for Epiphany: 'Mystery, menace and guilt ! building tension to a seismic explosion' Daily Telegraph Praise for Solstice: 'Hewson's inventiveness never flags! the characterization and dialogue are way above thriller norms, and the science is ingenious and plausible' Sunday Times
Former Features Editor of the Independent, now freelance for a variety of international newspapers, including the Sunday Times and The Times. A licensed aircraft pilot, he has flown throughout Europe and America, and was the founder and first editor of the aviation magazine Flyer. He is the author of three travel books on the sights, history and culture of southern Spain. He is married and lives in Kent.
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ISBN 13 9780006510154
ISBN 10 0006510159
Title Lucifer's Shadow
Author David Hewson
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2001-12-03
Number of pages 528
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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