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The midwife of Venice
First Title Value for Searching:
The midwife of Venice
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Gallery Books trade pbk. ed.
Physical Description:
335 p. : map ; 21 cm.
General Note:
"Originally published in Canada in 2011 by Random House of Canada Limited"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers. But when a count implores her to attend to his wife, who has been laboring for days to give birth to their firstborn son, Hannah is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical treatment to Christians but the payment he offers is enough to ransom her beloved husband, Isaac, who has been captured at sea.
Publication Information:
New York : Gallery Books, 2012.
Subject:
Midwives -- Italy -- Venice -- Fiction.
Jews -- Fiction.
Christians -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Birth attendants
Nurse midwives
Traditional birth attendants
Hebrews
Israelites
Jewish people
Jewry
Judaic people
Judaists
Slaves
SAILS ISBN:
9781451657470