The Wolves of Venice

Author/Guide: Alex Connor

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1700s: Welcome to the dark side of Venice:where the wolves live….

ISBN: B086XM7SCP
Genre: Crime, Historical, Spy story

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What you need to know before your trail

The staggering wealth of Venice contrasts the brutal lives of those in the ghetto. Opportunistic merchants arrive to make their fortune. Deception, malice and perversion thrive, leading to the emergence of a dark society: The Wolves of Venice.

Drawn into the Wolves’ plots are the innocents – including Marco Gianetti, assistant to Tintoretto; Ira Tabat, a Jewish merchant; Giorgio Gabal, an artist’s apprentice; and Giovanni Spoletto, the doomed castrato – all manipulated by the likes of Pietro Aretino, the courtesan Tita Boldini and the spy Adamo Baptista.

The lives of these characters criss-cross one another. Their destinies intermingle in a Venice corrupted by spies lingering in the shadows, working for paymasters that change allegiance with the wind. As the betrayals, murders and tragedies continue, will anyone be able to bring the Wolves of Venice to justice?

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Welcome to the Venice of Wolves – BookTrail style

This is the Venice of shadows as well as canals. A Venice that never gets cold, yet one that has you shivering despite the summer heat. The wolves are waiting as you turn the corner of the next street, the next alley, the next cobbled path. This is a Venice of the arts, of paintings, drawings and where people study people to draw and sculpt. However, this is also a city where, linger too long, and you might end up as one of its permanently still exhibits.

There is talk of palazzos, squares, history and more, yet the wolves are waiting in the Jewish Quarter, in St Mark’s Square and around the Doge’s stunning palace. Who can you trust if anyone at all? Who should you avoid? Can you even trust yourself?

The staggering wealth of Venice contrasts the brutal lives of those in the ghetto. Opportunistic merchants arrive to make their fortune. The lives of these characters criss-cross one another. Deception, malice and perversion thrive, leading to the emergence of a dark society: The Wolves of Venice.