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by Roberto Tiraboschi; Katherine Gregor (Translator)

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In the twelfth century AD, Venice is little more than an agglomeration of small islands snatched from the muddy tides. The magnificent city-lagoon of Venice, the rich and powerful Serene Republic, is yet to be born. Here, in this northern backwater, a group of artisans have proven themselves to be unrivalled in an art form that produces works of such astounding beauty that many consider it mystical in nature and think its practitioners possessed of otherworldly gifts. They are glassmakers. Presciently aware of the power they wield and the role they will play in the Venice of the future, the Venetian glassmakers inhabit a world of esoteric practices and secret knowledge that they protect at all costs.

Into this world steps Edgardo D'Arduino, a cleric and a professional copyist. Edgardo's eyesight has begun to waver--a curse for a man who makes his living copying sacred texts. But he has heard stories, perhaps legends, that in Venice, city of glassmakers, there exists a stone, the lapides ad legendum, that can restore one's sight. However, finding men who have knowledge of this wondrous stone proves almost impossible. After much searching, Edgardo meets a mysterious man who offers him a deal: he will lead him to the makers of the lapides ad legendum in exchange for Edgardo's stealing a secret Arabic scientific text that is kept in the abbey where Edgardo lodges. When a series of horrific crimes shakes the cloistered world of the glassmakers, Edgardo realizes that there is much more at stake than his faltering eyesight.

Equal parts The Name of the Rose and The Da Vinci Code, Roberto Tiraboschi's English-language debut is a gripping historical thriller and a magnificent recreation of Venice in the Middle Ages.

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  • Title The Eye Stone: The First Medieval Noir about the Birth of Venice
  • Author Roberto Tiraboschi; Katherine Gregor (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 283
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Europa Editions, New York
  • Publication date 2015-05
  • ISBN 9781609452650 / 1609452658
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (20.83 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Fiction - Historical
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Suspense fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code 853.92

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About the author

Roberto Tiraboschi was born in Bergamo (Italy) and lives between Rome and Venice. Screenwriter and playwright, he has worked with Nobel laureate Dario Fo and written screenplays for Italian directors, including Marco Pontecorvo, Silvio Soldini, and Liliana Cavani among others. His novels, Sonno and Sguardo 11, have enjoyed considerable success with both critics and readers. The Eye Stone is the first of his novels to be published in English.

Katherine Gregor translates from Italian, Russian and French. Her published translations include Stone Goddess by Luigi Pirandello, Eugene Onegin (a translation and dramatization pf Pushkin's novel, directed on the london stage by Susannah York), The Whales Know by Pino Cacucci, and The Battle of Shadows by Andrea Japp. She also writes plays, fiction and a regular blog (scribedoll.wordpress.com).

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