{"title":"Festive Historical Fiction","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9780008153878","title":"The Glassmaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to present day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glass—but she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSkipping like a stone through the centuries, in a Venice where time moves as slowly as molten glass, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague devastating Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is as inventive as it is spellbinding: a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a family, and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tracy Chevalier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50672501162302,"sku":"9780008153878","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9780008153878.jpg?v=1730268770"}],"url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/collections\/festive-historical-fiction.oembed","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}