Browsing through the reviews right after I devoured this book, I was shocked to find how lukewarm they were."The Four Seasons" is one of my favorite books this year, and I savored every eloquent sentence of it.It is the story of two sisters in 1700's Venice, Italy, who are taken in by a convent o...
This historical novel's setting is 18th century Venice. Two sisters are abandoned and then taken in by a foundling hospital/musical academy. Chiaretta is a bit rebellious, but beautiful and grows to become a much sought-after singer. She marries into a very wealthy family. Her sister, Maddalena, ...
I don't often read historical fiction so was surprised at how much I enjoyed this story of two orphan sisters in 18th century Venice. The story begins in the Pieta, an unusual orphanage oriented towards musical training at the highest level where Chiaretta and Maddalena, abandoned at birth, must...