The Fate in the Box
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Fogfinger rules Venice. His Fog Squad and spies are everywhere. The Venetians fear him and obey him. Every year one of their children is lost in a grisly Lambing ceremony. The child must climb the bell tower and let the Fate in the Box decide their destiny. Most end their days in the jaws of the primeval Crocodile that lurks in the lagoon. Or so Fogfinger tells them. But a chance meeting by a green apricot tree between Amneris and Tockle may be the beginning of the end for Fogfinger.
Silk and sewing, a magical glass kaleidoscope, mermaids and misunderstood Sea-Saurs, talking statues and winged cats, blue glass sea-horses, a spoiled rich girl and a secret society are just some of the ingredients in Michelle Lovric's exquisitely imagined and superbly plotted fourth fantasy set in Venice.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781444007985
- Author: Michelle Lovric
- Pub date: 02.05.13
- RRP: $20.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Michelle Lovric
Michelle Lovric writes novels for children and for adults, and combines her fiction work with editing, designing and producing literary anthologies including her own translations of Latin and Italian poetry. Her adult novel THE REMEDY was longlisted for the ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION, her book LOVE LETTERS was A NEW YORK TIMES bestseller and THE BOOK OF HUMAN SKIN was a TV Bookclub choice in 2011. She has compiled over one hundred anthologies, runs poetry and fiction workshops and also writes reviews, travel features and stories...always about Venice. She is currently a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Visit Michelle's website at www.michellelovric.comOther books by the author
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