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Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be.

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"Quick has chosen a fascinating backdrop. Her novel shimmers...This is a good read." -- Booklist "Quick's descriptions of Anna Maria's violin playing soar off the page, evoking Vivaldi's own compositions." -- San Francisco Chronicle "A genuine successor to [Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring]." -- Houston Chronicle

Vivaldis Virgins A Novel

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    A Paperback / softback by Barbara Quick

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      Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Published 3 July 2008
      ISBN-13 9780060890537
      978-0060890537
      ISBN-10 0060890533
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      Historical Fiction

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      Book Synopsis
      Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pieta as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be.

      Trade Review
      "Quick has chosen a fascinating backdrop. Her novel shimmers...This is a good read." -- Booklist "Quick's descriptions of Anna Maria's violin playing soar off the page, evoking Vivaldi's own compositions." -- San Francisco Chronicle "A genuine successor to [Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring]." -- Houston Chronicle

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