TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forsyth,Kate
TI  - Bitter greens: a novel 
SN  - 1250047536 (hbk.)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
KW  - European fiction
KW  - Renaissance, 1450-1600
KW  - Rapunzel (Tale)
KW  - Adaptations
KW  - Scandals
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Women
KW  - Italy
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 1268-1559
KW  - Fairy tales
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - Originally published: Australia : Vintage, 2012
N2  - "After Margherita's father steals parsley from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off, unless he and his wife relinquish their precious little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death. She is at the center of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal, love and superstition. Locked away in a tower, Margherita sings in the hope that someone will hear her. One day, a young man does"--Amazon.com
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