City of Flowers (Stravaganza) - Softcover

Hoffman, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747595712 ISBN 13: 9780747595717

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Synopsis

Sequel to City of Masks and City of Stars, the narrative moves to the Talian equivalent of the city of Florence, where beauty and danger walk - as ever - hand in hand. The focus this time is on the new Stravagante, Sky, whose talisman is an ornate and delicate blue glass bottle. Sky is propelled right into the midst of a deadly feud between the di Chimici and Nucci families, who think nothing of sliding a knife between a man's ribs for revenge A breathtaking and thrilling drama with a very special kind of magic, continuing the stories of Luciano, Arianna, Rodolfo, Falco and Georgia, which fans will sieze upon with glee.

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Review:

A baroque thriller about art, murder, love and family. Gorgeously produced, these books are a joy to hold as well as read. The Times I was barely allowed to finish before my god-daughter snatched it away wtih breathless anticipation. "It's so real!" she drooled. Independent

From the Author:

My first two finished copies of City of Flowers arrived yesterday morning (29th January) and look magnificent. I wanted to give some public acknowledgement to Ian Butterworth the designer and Carol Lawson the artist. Inside, the black and white drawings at the beginning of each chapter are by Peter Bailey, who did them for the first two titles and add so much to the atmosphere of the books. All three have been a delight to handle.

And then there are the words inside ... This is a long one - about 115,000 words - but it does wrap up what I hope will be just the first trilogy. Lots of you kindly write to ask for more and perhaps after a break there will be.

Thank you to all the readers who have helped to make Stravaganza such a success; it couldn't happen without you.

Mary Hoffman

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0747595712
• ISBN 13: 9780747595717
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496