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 . . .