In the sixth book featuring Donna Leon’s ever-charming and sympathetic protagonist, Commissario Guido Brunetti comes to the aid of a young nursing sister who has had five patients unexpectedly die and decides to leave her convent. In the course of his inquiries, Brunetti encounters an unusual...
Over the years, Donna Leon's best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has conquered the hearts of lovers of finely-plotted character-driven mysteries all over the world. Brunetti, both a perceptive sleuth and a principled family man, has exposed readers to Venice in all its aspects: its...
When Commissario Guido Brunetti gets an early morning phone call that a sudden act of vandalism has just been committed, he soon discovers that the perpetrator is no petty criminal, but Paola Brunetti, his wife.
Du lac Majeur au lac de Côme et au lac de Garde, de Stresa à Sirmione en passant par Bergame, de villas somptueuses en délicieux jardins, la région des Lacs italiens se déploie en un clin d'oeil avec un guide pas comme les autres. Un concept unique : une carte...
Si le nom de Murano, l'île vénitienne, renvoie à l'art du verre, les créations touristiques font parfois oublier le savoir-faire inestimable, la qualité unique et la splendeur d'objets produits depuis des siècles dans ses ateliers. Cet art a produit des...
When Amelia Tate is cast to play the Audrey Hepburn role in a remake of Roman Holiday, she feels as if all her dreams have come true. She has a handsome boyfriend, is portraying her idol in a major motion picture and gets to live in beautiful Rome for the next two months. Once there, she befriends a...
