The Midwife of Venice
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The Midwife of Venice

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Midwife of Venice

About this book

“An engrossing, well-written, and fast-paced” (Joy Fielding, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel following a woman in sixteenth-century Venice as she risks it all to save her missing husband.

Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers using her secret “birthing spoons.” When a count implores her to attend his dying wife and save their unborn son, she is torn. A papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians, but his payment is enough to ransom her husband Isaac, who has been captured at sea.

Hannah’s choice entangles her in a treacherous family rivalry that endangers the child and threatens her voyage to Malta, where Isaac, believing her dead in the plague, is preparing to buy his passage to a new life. Told with exceptional skill, The Midwife of Venice “will capture historical fiction fans and readers who enjoyed Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent” (Library Journal).

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Information

Publisher
Gallery Books
Year
2012
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781451657487
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter 1: Ghetto Nuovo, Venice 1575
  4. Chapter 2: Valletta, Malta 1575
  5. Chapter 3: Venice 1575
  6. Chapter 4: Valletta, Malta 1575
  7. Chapter 5: Venice 1575
  8. Chapter 6: Venice 1575
  9. Chapter 7: Valletta, Malta 1575
  10. Chapter 8: Venice 1575
  11. Chapter 9: Venice 1575
  12. Chapter 10: Venice 1575
  13. Chapter 11: Venice 1575
  14. Chapter 12: Valletta, Malta 1575
  15. Chapter 13: Venice 1575
  16. Chapter 14: Venice 1575
  17. Chapter 15: Valletta, Malta 1575
  18. Chapter 16: Venice 1575
  19. Chapter 17: Valletta, Malta 1575
  20. Chapter 18: Venice 1575
  21. Chapter 19: Valletta, Malta 1575
  22. Chapter 20: Venice 1575
  23. Chapter 21: Valletta, Malta 1575
  24. Chapter 22: At Sea 1575
  25. Chapter 23: Valletta, Malta 1575
  26. Chapter 24: Land Ahoy 1575
  27. Author’s Note
  28. Acknowledgements
  29. Further Reading
  30. Glossary
  31. Readers Group Guide
  32. ‘The Harem Midwife’ Excerpt
  33. A Note About the Type
  34. Copyright

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