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The Glassmaker

Von: Tracy Chevalier
Gesprochen von: Juliet Aubrey
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'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK

'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year

'Sparkling'OBSERVER

'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN

'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT

'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon’ PHILIPPA GREGORY

‘A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game’ SPECTATOR

FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

Venice, 1486.

Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.

In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.

Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.

©2024 Tracy Chevalier (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Historische Romane
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The idea is very good. So are the story lines, although a bit repetitive. I wonder if it wouldn't have been more interesting if Orsula would have been the same age in all the various times. I also think that the introduction to the various times in history is superfluous. And the end too soppy. Not her best book but I still enjoyed it.

Very good reading

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Juliet Aubrey's voice is perfect for this wonderful novel, I am sure I will listen to again and again.

A compelling story beautifully read

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I loved this novel. It spans hundreds of years but follows the same family. You really get a sense of how hard the glass trade is. Ursula is a wonderful protagonist and I really enjoyed following her life. A great read/listen.

A legend about Venice

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The Glassmaker had everything going for it — Venice, Murano, slow aging, centuries of history. I expected magic, depth, atmosphere. Instead, the story drifts along like a gondola with no oar.

Ursula, who lives 500 years, has the emotional range of a tepid cup of tea. She never questions her immortality, never risks anything, never does anything. Venice — a city made of myth and salt — becomes mere backdrop. Every chance for mystery or drama is quietly abandoned.

Even the love story fizzles. Antonio could have been her great passion; instead he becomes a footnote with a symbolic dolphin.

The only strong parts are the Murano craft details and the Venetian banter — sparks in a book that needed fire.

In short: a beautiful idea that never wakes up.

The lack. Of real. Character development of the protagonist

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