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September 20, 2007 - When, in the 16th century, Venice was at its utmost splendour, spreading the art of glassmaking in the world, a young man appeared in the high society, doomed to change the destiny of the Serenissima Republic as well as England. It was Giacomo Bellini, a glassmaker who, with his family and close friends, is the protagonist of Peter Cooke’s new book, The Glass Dagger.
His adventures begin in Venice and move then to London, where Giam is forced to exile.
In writing this book, Cooke has done all the necessary researches to offer a plausible picture of the two cities in 1550-80, inspiring his hero on an existing glassmaker Jacopo Vercelline who was actually forced to leave Venice to move to London. A very detailed research of glassmaking techniques and 16th century societies, too has been provided by the author, who produced a story which may well be real. In fact, the names of the Glass-Works are real as well as the main outlines of the story. Yet, Cooke has built the rest on his fantasy, joining together some actual facts with a very suggestive prose.
The book is available on amazon.co.uk and petanpublishing.co.uk at £6.99. The second chapter of the series, The Crystal Ship, is now ready to be published.
For more information about the book and the author, please visit www.theglassdagger.com
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