BOOK: Daughter of Venice by Napoli

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Napoli, Donna Jo._Daughter of Venice._Random House, 2002
[0-385-32780-3]
It is 1592 and Donata is the daugher of a privileged noble.
She is never let out of the house on her own so she decides
to do so by sneaking out dressed at a boy.  In the meantime
she falls in love with a Jewish boy in the ghetto and is
broken hearted when she is betrothed to a man of her
father's wishes.  The last part of this 274 page book is an
adventure sent into motion by Donata.  Unfortunately the
story often drags down with descriptions of historical
Venice.  At times the reader feels the author is almost
bragging about how much research she did about the period.
Historical fiction is important... but utmost is the story
and it should not be lost.

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