Book description
Venice, 1604.
When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to
circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde
, the Levant Company merchant, Paul Pindar, becomes convinced that the
jewel is somehow linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey.
As his obsession with the mysterious stone grows it becomes clear that
there are other, more sinister forces at play. Is the diamond real, or
is it just a trick to lure him to his ruin?
The Pindar Diamond
moves from the canals of Venice to the coasts of Dalmatia, from a famed
physic garden in the Venentian lagoon to the secret corridors of a
convent - a tale of lust, love, greed, wealth and danger set among the
Levant traders in the early years of the seventeenth century.
Written in the exquisitely evocative style that is Katie Hickman's
trademark, this is a gripping and superbly told story that goes as
deeply into history as into the human heart. Katie Hickman is the
author of six previous titles, including two bestselling history books,
Courtesans
and Daughters of Britannia
. She has written two travel books, one of which was shortlisted for the
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times
Young British Writer of the Year award for her novel The Quetzal
Summer
and her previous novel, The Aviary Gate
, sold in nineteen countries. Katie Hickman lives in London with her two
children and her husband, the philosopher A. C. Grayling.
