Marietta: A Maid of Venice
Francis Marion Crawford
Read by Michele Fry
This swash-buckling, romantic story of Zorzi Ballarin and Angelo Beroviero, master glass-blowers of Murano, Italy in the 1500's, is not entirely fiction. Many of the works of these artizans are preserved in the Museum of Murano, including their discovery of the clear glass we know as "crystal". Giovanni Beroviero, the lesser artist and jealous son, did indeed write the damning letter which brought Zorzi to trial before the Council of Ten (the original letter is still preserved). The treasured colored glass formulas of Paolo Godi are real. Arisa the Georgian slave mistress is fictional, but beautiful Eastern slaves were indeed bought and sold in Italy for many centuries. The patriarchal society that kept women walled in was real, and the myriad gondolas plying the canals, and the palaces of Venice in which much of the story takes place, are still there. Francis M. Crawford has woven a riveting tale of intrigue that never slacks off from first word to last. ( ~ Author's note and Michele Fry, Soloist) (11 hr 34 min)
Chapters
Chapter 1 | 31:54 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 2 | 31:07 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 3 | 29:35 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 4 | 29:47 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 5 | 27:38 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 6 | 29:09 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 7 | 29:19 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 8 | 26:55 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 9 | 29:22 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 10 | 28:43 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 11 | 30:05 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 12 | 30:34 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 13 | 28:58 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 14 | 29:12 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 15 | 30:06 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 16 | 29:22 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 17 | 27:37 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 18 | 29:57 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 19 | 29:46 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 20 | 29:39 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 21 | 30:55 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 22 | 35:20 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 23 | 23:28 | Read by Michele Fry |
Chapter 24 | 16:23 | Read by Michele Fry |
Reviews
Good Romance, Well Read
TLocke
Well written with intimate descriptions of the famed glass works of Murano presented as both background, almost as its own character.
Randall
Randall Morton
Excellent reader. Her voice and manner seem to have been perfectly matched together. Good story but a little heavy on romance for me.
ms SV
I liked the book. It was interesting to learn about Murano glass blowing and the story had plenty of love and adventure in it.
Annabelle & Sam
Loved this book, held my interest throughout. Narrator does a good job
Excellent story and reader!
free LeonardPeltier
The heroine is quite the feminist and hearing about the glass making craft interested me a lot. Also suspense throughout.
great tale made phenomenal by the acting/reading by Michelle Fry
Anewelding
wonderful made even better by the special reading front flash acting of Michelle fry
MommyW/Littles
Excellent reader and captivating story! Thank you for sharing.