The golden gondola
Original title: The Golden Gondola
first published 1958 Arrow Books, 1970 paperback 256 pages
Carnival in Venice. Life was a gay charade for the exiled, disinherited Sir Harvey Drake, but it was a serious matter for Paolina, finding herself an orphan and alone in the world after a shipwreck off the coast of Italy. Reluctantly, she agreed to Sir Harvey's plan to sell the jewels he had salvaged, outfit themselves finely, and make a rich marriage for her. The Duke of Ferrara did not have marriage in mind, and...
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