LONG, detailed historical fiction about 16th century Venice and a couple separated by happenstance. Michele boards a ship to escape the police after he and his father run into some trouble; he becomes a galleyman and his wife Bianca must fend for herself until he returns. His voyages take him all over the Mediterranean and introduces him to new people and cultures; Bianca works a variety of trades and settles in as the lady's maid of a Venetian noblewoman. Will they reunite? The best parts of the book describe the collision of cultures- Jewish, Christian and Muslim- but do so with a light touch. It's appealing historical fiction for Sarah Dunant readers.
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