The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay

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The core story is set in sixteenth-century Venice, where, on the island of Murano, the famed makers of Venetian glass wereperfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions : the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination—was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?—the Venetian mirrors were state-of-the-art technology, subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. Thus, for the skilled craftsmen that made them, any attempt to leave the island—to steal the technology—was a crime punishable by death. One man, however—a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose—has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten... Meanwhile, in two other Venices—Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today—two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret... This 2016 Melville House Hardback is in good condition. DJ; Heavy. ISBN: 9781612195148 SKU: 1573943 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. Show more