The Glassmaker

'Spellbinding' <strong>ELIF SHAFAK</strong>

'Ingenious' <strong><em>THE TIMES, </em>Book of the Year</strong>

'Sparkling'<strong><em>OBSERVER</em></strong>

'A triumph'<strong> PHILIP PULLMAN</strong>

'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' <strong><em>INDEPENDENT</em></strong>

'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon'<strong> PHILIPPA GREGORY</strong>

'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' <strong><em>SPECTATOR</em></strong>

<strong>FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF <em>GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING</em></strong>

<strong>Venice, 1486.</strong>

Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's <em>maestros</em> spend their lives perfecting.

In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.

Skipping like a stone across the centuries,<em> The Glassmaker</em> is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.