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Title:

Ascension / Gregory Dowling.

Author:

Dowling, Gregory author.

ISBN:

9781250108524

Personal Author:

Dowling, Gregory author.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Content Type:

text

Media Type (RDA):

unmediated

Carrier Type:

volume

General Note:

"A Thomas Dunne books."

"First published in Great Britain by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd in 2015"--Title page verso.

Abstract:

When a young tour guide, Alvise Marangon, offers to help an English Grand Tourist, little does he know that it will lead to his being embroiled in blackmail and conspiracy. To add to his woes, he is then forcibly recruited into the city's powerful secret service to investigate a murder case. A reluctant spy he may be, but he is a gifted one. Amidst the world of gambling dens and courtesans, something momentous is being planned for the Feast of the Ascension, Venice's most important and spectacular holiday, and it seems that only Alvise can prevent the day turning into bloody mayhem.

Subject Term:

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Format:

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Summary

When a young tour guide, Alvise Marangon, offers to help an English Grand Tourist, little does he know that it will lead to his being embroiled in blackmail and conspiracy. To add to his woes, he is then forcibly recruited into the city's powerful secret service to investigate a murder case. A reluctant spy he may be , but he is a gifted one.

Amidst the world of gambling dens and courtesans, something momentous is being planned for the Feast of the Ascension, Venice's most important and spectacular holiday, and it seems that only Alvise can prevent the day turning into bloody mayhem.

Author Notes

Gregory Dowling grew up in Bristol before studying English at Christ Church, Oxford. He moved to Venice in 1981, where he is Associate Professor of American Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He has published novels, co-edited anthologies of poetry, and written various non-fiction books and academic articles on Italian, British, and American literature.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

At the start of this promising series launch set in mid-18th-century Venice from Dowling (Every Picture Tells a Story), Alvise Marangon, a Venetian-born, English-raised cicerone (tourist guide), wins a brief argument with a gondolier over who will guide a young English traveler, Freddy Boscombe, and his tutor, Peter Shackleford, about the city. During the tour, Boscombe takes an interest in Rosicrucian mysteries and the nobleman Piero Garzoni. After meeting charlatan Count Gelashvili, who lives with Garzoni, Boscombe abandons Marangon. When Boscombe finds Shackelford murdered, he runs to Marangon for help. Both men are arrested and brought before the Missier Grande (the chief of police), who gives Marangon a simple choice: either go to jail or become a "confidante" for the Missier Grande and spy on Garzoni. Marangon's new job allows him to display his acting abilities and his resourcefulness as he uncovers a deadly plot planned for Venice's celebration of the Feast of the Ascension. Readers will want to see more of Marangon and his vibrant city. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.