The Colour of Heaven
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The Colour of Heaven

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eBook - ePub

The Colour of Heaven

About this book

From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE – a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Florence and China surrounding the search for ultramarine.

THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting – allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue.

Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!

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Information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780007235278
eBook ISBN
9780007494996
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Map
  6. No Jewel is Worth His Lady
  7. Venice
  8. Murano
  9. Siena
  10. Constantinople
  11. Persia
  12. Sar-I-Sang
  13. Tun-Huang
  14. Venice
  15. Siena
  16. Sar-I-Sang
  17. Historical Note
  18. Envoie
  19. Keep Reading
  20. Acknowledgements
  21. About the Author
  22. Praise
  23. By the Same Author
  24. About the Publisher

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