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Title The midwife of Venice / Roberta Rich.
Publisher New York : Gallery Books, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Description 335 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : maps ; 21 cm
Edition First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.


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 SH-Adult-Main Level  FICTION RICH Nearby on shelf  30652003542612 07-20-20  AVAILABLE
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.
Jews -- Fiction.
Christians -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Venice (Italy) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781451657470
1451657471