
Vendetta
A Story of Love & Revenge Set in Venice
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C. De Melo
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Under the guise of "Beto", 17-year-old Isabetta Bastian runs her father's successful shipping business. Her older brother sails their commercial galley between Venice and Lisbon, exporting luxury textiles and importing exotic spices obtained by the Portuguese. A heinous crime shatters her ideal life, and a risky attempt to save the family business ends in failure. Now, she is forced to live with the harsh consequences.
Resentment brews until she finally seeks the advice of her sophisticated neighbor, Veronica Franco. With the savvy courtesan's help, Isabetta devises a scheme to avenge her loved ones, but will her fall from grace be worth a brilliant vendetta?
Set amid sumptuous palazzos and lurking decay, this Renaissance mystery exposes the dark side of humanity.
©2020 Christine De Melo (P)2021 Christine De MeloLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Impressive
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I enjoyed this book. Our heroine, Isabetta Bastian adopts an alter-identity to justify her role in the family business. She creates a third identity when seeking those who tragically changed her life forever. After a careful build up of the character and her surroundings, the 'Vendetta' begins and she skillfully begins the takedown. The ending was unexpected but conclusive. I couldn't put the book down. The narration was good. I recommend this book to any lovers of historical fiction.
Intriguing To The End
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Intense!!
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This is a story about a strong woman who makes her life her own.
I'm sorry to say I didn't much care for the narrator. Since the story takes place in Venice and has characters from other countries I would have expected different accents. I think it was too Americanized.
This book was a review copy and this is my honest review.
Good story
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All the chauvinism and male arrogance made me want to wretch. The final revenge Isabetta wrought to her ex lover was sublime and I felt warranted. I was distraught about Isabetta's dealings with Silvio. I was seeing or hoping for a different ending. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest review .The narrator did a good job bringing it to life.
treachery everywhere
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Another great book by this Author!
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Good story, good narrator!
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Historically accurate and very remising of ‘The honest Courtisane’ made into the fame movie ‘A dangerous Beauty’ this account tells the story of Veronica Franco’s fictional neighbor Isabetta Bastian.
Christine de Melo is extremely gifted in situational description. One doesn’t read a book but lives a story alongside the well developped characters.
In ‘Vendetta’, she describes a 1570 Venice, period in history when women’s condition was intrinsically connected to the men in their life , father, brother, uncle … A time when being a strong women often meant you either lost your reputation or ended a spinster.
This book is in a complex genre of mystery romantic historical fiction and the four sides of the genre are all very well developed.
A perfect mix of life despair, love, revenge and unexpected surprises all the way to the end.
I really enjoyed this story and would highly recommend it.
Melissa Durbin did a strong job narrating this surprising tale.
Complex genre mystery romantic historical fiction
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Another great story.
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Interesting story ineloquently told
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