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The Sheen on the Silk

A Novel

A Novel

By Anne Perry

By Anne Perry

By Anne Perry

By Anne Perry

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Jan 25, 2011 | ISBN 9780345500663

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Mar 23, 2010 | ISBN 9780345519795

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    About The Sheen on the Silk

    Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian, who has been exiled to the desert for conspiring to kill a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves freely about in society, maneuvering close to the key players involved in her brother’s fate, including Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo, a ship’s captain conflicted by his growing feelings for Anastasius. As leaders in Rome and Venice plot to invade Constantinople in another Crusade to capture the Holy Land, Anna’s discoveries draw her inextricably closer to the dangers of the emperor’s treacherous court—where it seems that no one is exactly who he or she appears to be.

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    BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Anne Perry’s Treason at Lisson Grove and Execution Dock.

    Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian, who has been exiled to the desert for conspiring to kill a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves freely about in society, maneuvering close to the key players involved in her brother’s fate, including Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo, a ship’s captain conflicted by his growing feelings for Anastasius. As leaders in Rome and Venice plot to invade Constantinople in another Crusade to capture the Holy Land, Anna’s discoveries draw her inextricably closer to the dangers of the emperor’s treacherous court—where it seems that no one is exactly who he or she appears to be.

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    A Question of Betrayal
    Death with a Double Edge
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    About Anne Perry

    Anne Perry is the bestselling author of fifteen previous holiday novels, as well as the bestselling William Monk series, the bestselling Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, the new Daniel Pitt series, five World War I novels, and a work of historical… More about Anne Perry

    About Anne Perry

    Anne Perry is the bestselling author of fifteen previous holiday novels, as well as the bestselling William Monk series, the bestselling Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, the new Daniel Pitt series, five World War I novels, and a work of historical… More about Anne Perry

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Romance

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Jan 25, 2011 | 528 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780345500663

    Category: Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Romance

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Mar 23, 2010 | 528 Pages | ISBN 9780345519795

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    Praise

    “With her visionary sensibility, Anne Perry is the master of the ‘you are there’ school of hist-myst storytelling.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Remarkable . . . [Anne Perry sets] an engaging personal story against a rich backdrop of events to convey the intrigue and extreme peril that characterized the struggles between the faiths of the countries bordering the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century.”—The Star-Ledger

    “[Perry] gives the reader a real feel for the sights, sounds and smells of Constantinople in the time of the Crusades, as well as tastes of Venice, Rome, Sicily, and Jerusalem.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    “Perry escalates the tension in subtle ways [and] creates a deep sense of impending doom.”—Dayton Daily News
     
    “[A] grandly scaled epic . . . with a canny eye for drama, [Perry] makes this complex historical background both vivid and clear.”—Kirkus Reviews

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