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Četiri Godišnja Doba: Roman O Vivaldijevoj Veneciji (2013)

by Laurel Corona(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Vulkan

review 1: I not only enjoyed this novel, but like all good historicals, I learned a lot about a time and place that I knew nothing about. I read this book because my father, gone now for 5 years, loved Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" and the music was part of my childhood background. But I found it fascinating to discover that in 17th-century Venice, bastard daughters of the nobility [from their courtesans] were raised in convent-like music academies, but they were not sworn to poverty or chastity. Corona's writing totally brings this obscure culture to life, made even more interesting by its female pov.
review 2: Lush. Provacative. Enchanting from beginning to end. I know next to nothing about the period, classical music or Venice but Laurel Corona writes this tale so well... more that I was intrigued from the start. It is a story of two orphaned girls who are cloistered at the earliest of ages -- and only by chance of their musical talents are noticed at all and are given more opportunities. As their talents are cultivated so are their relationships with the various people from the outside world, and with that they see how life is elsewhere. But ever constant is there sisterly bond of love and devotion. I left many tears on the last page. A triumph for this author! Very much recommended. less

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