Ascension
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This novel is set in Venice in the mid eighteenth century, when the city had lost its political and financial primacy but had become Europe's pleasure capital, famous for its gambling dens, its courtesans, its hectic carnival, its music, art and theatre - and the most highly organised secret service in Europe. The hero-narrator is Alvise Marangon, a Venetian in his early twenties who is unwillingly recruited into the Secret Service and becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to murder the city's leader. Ascension is a well-paced and evocative thriller.
Author: Gregory Dowling
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 130mm x 200mm, 292 g
Published: 2015, Birlinn General, United Kingdom
Genre: Historical & Mythological Fiction
Description
This novel is set in Venice in the mid eighteenth century, when the city had lost its political and financial primacy but had become Europe's pleasure capital, famous for its gambling dens, its courtesans, its hectic carnival, its music, art and theatre - and the most highly organised secret service in Europe. The hero-narrator is Alvise Marangon, a Venetian in his early twenties who is unwillingly recruited into the Secret Service and becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to murder the city's leader. Ascension is a well-paced and evocative thriller.
Ascension