The Bellini Card

By: Jason Goodwin;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Crime, Novel,

ISBN: 9780571239917

SKU: BE500431862104

Pages: 306

Description: Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . .