The turbulent love affair of Venetian actress Mimosina Docezza and Valentine Greatrakes, leader of London's medical underworld, is set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Venice and London and reveals the remarkable health remedies of the era. By the author of The Floating Book. 25,000 first printing.
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Vivid descriptions of the seedier parts of 17th-century London and the upper echelons of Venetian society ... Compelling (Sunday TIMES Travel MAGAZINE)
A pacy, atmospheric narrative that exposes the dark secrets of Enlightenment Venice and London (Mary Laven, author of Virgins of Venice)
* A ravishing love story featuring an 18th century Venetian nun turned spy and the London world of quack doctors.
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