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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Madman of Venice
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'The London home of Matthew Ashby is visited by the beautiful, famous half-Venetian musician, Emilia Lanier, begging him for help. A young Venetian girl, Sarah, has been accused of witchcraft by a wealthy merchant's wife, and has since disappeared. Is she in hiding? Or worse - kidnapped or murdered? So with his daughter, Celia, and his clerk, Ned, Matthew Ashby sets off for Venice and into a greater mystery than could ever be imagined. They must draw on all their wits and ingenuity to find allies in unexpected places. When Master Ashby is kidnapped, Ned and Celia have to race against the clock to find him as well as Sarah - but nothing is as it seems, not least the mysterious Madman of Venice ...' (Publisher's blurb)

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Notes

  • Inspired by The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet.
  • Sequel to The Tempestuous Voyage of Hopewell Shakespeare.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Delacorte Press ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 276p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 10th 2010
      ISBN: 9780385738439
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Ember ,       2012 .
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      Extent: 276p.
      Description: illus., map
      Note/s:
      • Published April 10th 2012
      ISBN: 9780385738446
Alternative title: Falsches Spiel Am Canal Grande Roman
Language: German
    • Munich,
      c
      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl ,       2011 .
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      Extent: 302p.
      Note/s:

      • Published 1 May 2011

      ISBN: 9783423714549
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y separately published work icon The Tempestuous Voyage of Hopewell Shakespeare Sophie Masson , London : Hodder Children's Books , 2003 Z1120011 2003 single work novel young adult historical fiction adventure 'Hopewell Shakespeare is a young apprentice in London. He is besotted with the Globe where the plays of his distant cousin, William, fuel his fantasies of love and fortune. He joins the crew of a pirate, Captain Wolfe, on The Golden Dragon, searching for the legendary Lost Island ruled by the Lord of Alchemists. But Hopewell is suspicious of the second mate Davy Jones and the ship's boy Kit Sly, and beset by visions of a beautiful woman and predictions of a White Ship. When the Golden Dragon pursues and is wrecked by such a ship, Hopewell seems to be sole survivor, cast up on an island inhabited only by an elderly scholar, Dr Prosper Bonaventure, a girl, Flora, and her goat, Caprice. But who from the wreck is truly lost, and who has survived? What is real and what is illusion? Who is evil and who is good? Which is the Lord of Alchemists who manipulates them all? As Hopewell struggles through the twists of an enchanted world, the scales begin to fall from his eyes . . .' Source: bookseller's website.
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Works about this Work

Untitled Christian Mondeil , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 57-58)
— Review of The Madman of Venice Sophie Masson , 2009 single work novel
Untitled Christian Mondeil , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 3 2009; (p. 57-58)
— Review of The Madman of Venice Sophie Masson , 2009 single work novel
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Last amended 18 Jun 2021 10:35:48
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Venice,
    c
    Italy,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1600-1699
Influenced by:
William Shakespeare
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