Note |
Includes readers group guide (pages [336-344]. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329). |
NOTE |
Originally published: Canada : Random House of Canada Limited, 2011. |
Summary |
"Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers-- a gift aided by the secret "birthing spoons" she designed. 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" --P. [4] of cover. |
Subject |
Midwives -- Fiction.
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Jews -- Fiction.
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Christians -- Fiction.
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Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
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Venice (Italy) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Historical fiction.
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ISBN |
9781451657470
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1451657471
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