The Venice Sketchbook: A Novel

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The art element is particularly interesting through the Biennale modern art exhibition and the discussions in the 1920/30’s sections on the ‘new style’ of art of artists like Picasso versus the old masters. This is the story of Juliet ‘Lettie’ Browning from 1928 through the Second World War years and her great-niece Caroline Grant at the turn of the 21st Century. For Juliet, it’s poignant memories and a chance to reconnect with Leonardo Da Rossi, the man she loves whose future is already determined by his noble family. However, when there are two timelines it can get a bit difficult to tell a complete story in detail. The puzzle and intrigue is Juliet’s past is an interesting one but it doesn’t quite deliver on its promise.

The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen - Fantastic Fiction

I found this very poignant and wanted to explore the idea of how and why so many "good" people could do bad things during WWII. Und deshalb habe ich während der Überquerung des Ärmelkanals beschlossen, sie zu zerreißen und ins Meer zu werfen, als hätte dieses Kapitel meines Lebens niemals existiert.Rhys Bowen is the New York Timesbestselling author of more than forty novels, including Above the Bay of Angels, The Victory Garden, The Tuscan Child, and the World War II–based In Farleigh Field, the winner of the Macavity and Left Coast Crime Awards for Best Historical Mystery Novel and the Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery. She’s come back to Venice as an art student and hopes to find the boy she kissed beside the Grand Canal. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is I felt like the last few chapters felt rushed to wrap things up. Juliet has friends in Venice, she can help the British government with vital information and eventually she can’t leave due to a change in her circumstances.

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Bowen’s vivid storytelling style holds readers enrapt…Bowen has written a tender, poignant story balancing dark and light. I've got no qualms about giving this one star because it's got a higher average rating than Hamlet, War and Peace and Pride and Prejudice. Every now and then I pick up a Historical Fiction novel because I enjoy the setting and the emotional punch it delivers. She travels there again in 1938 to attend La Accademia di Belle Arti, the Academy of Fine Arts, a life dream. I'm a New York Times bestselling mystery author, winner of both Agatha and Anthony awards for my Molly Murphy mysteries, set in 1902 New York City.

In 2001 Caroline’s husband has taken their 6 year old son to New York to spend the summer with him and his new girlfriend. It became a matter of survival and in times of survival people will do anything to protect their loved ones. Caroline ist frisch getrennt, als ihre geliebte Großtante Lettie ihr ein ungewöhnliches Erbe hinterlässt: ein Skizzenbuch, drei Schlüssel und einen letzten Wunsch. maybe itd be one thing if something had already happened between them before she knew but EVERYTHING HAPPENED AFTER SHE KNEW THEY WERE RELATED. Bowen will help to make your armchair vacation seem real with her vivid descriptions of food, sights and sounds all the while reminding you about the importance of family and doing what’s right even though it’s painful.

The Venice Sketchbook: A Novel by Rhys Bowen, Paperback

April 2021 will mark the publication of THE VENICE SKETCHBOOK--another sweeping historical novel of love, loss and intrigue.This dual timeline story follows the adventures – and misadventures – of two women in two separate eras but in the same exact place, La Serenissima. While the story was pleasant enough and it certainly evoked Venice really well, I thought the plot was a bit predictable and contrived. It's meant to be harmless escapism and who gives a monkeys if it's littered with historical inaccuracies and inventions? Do you think culture has something to do with how she sat back and didn't take action until the Rossi family pushed her to it? It is a story of Juliet's love of Venice, her love for Leo, and a bitter betrayal by someone she trusted.