These Old Shades 9780798182256 from the palaces of Venice

from the palaces of Venice and beyond

Readers of this superb novel will find that it reverberates long afterwards in their memory

Conspiracies and lies

counting in 5s and 10s

Ten years later Sula returns and no one

These Old Shades 9780798182256 from the palaces of VeniceLeonie Bonnard is being drawn into a twenty year old feud. Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, is a reprehensible rake with an axe to grind. Decades ago the Comte de Saint Vire did something unforgivable and ever since Justin has been lying in wait to settle the score. When Justin meets Leon, a street urchin with a striking resemblance to his nemesis, he aims to use him as a pawn in his plans for revenge on the Comte. Except Leon is in fact Leonie, a