Book Praise

''Spellbinding'' ELIF SHAFAK

''Ingenious'' THE TIMES, Book of the Year

''Sparkling'' OBSERVER

''A triumph'' PHILIP PULLMAN

''As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead'' INDEPENDENT

''Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon'' PHILIPPA GREGORY

''A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game'' SPECTATOR

About the Book

FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.

In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.

Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.