LEADER 00000nim a22005295a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125104935.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2006 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9781982498368 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1982498366 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781455105939_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT10027178 037 10027178|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 823/.914|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Rivière, William. 245 10 By the Grand Canal|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cWilliam Rivière. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2006. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 26 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Simon Vance. 520 In the aftermath of the First World War, Hugh Thurne, a British diplomat involved in the peace negotiations, finds solace in his rented palazzo in Venice rather than returning to his wife and the charade of his marriage in London. Although profoundly disturbed about the long-term prospects for peace, he has faith in the city's power to raise his spirits. Hugh eagerly looks forward to visits with his old friends Giocomo and Valentina Venier in their dilapidated palazzo on the Grand Canal to dallying with a young opera singer, Emanuela; and to the arrival of violet Mancroft, the widow of his best friend lost in the war. What he does not anticipate is the shadow lying over the Venier family's future. Nor has he reckoned with the vagaries of his own heart. Evoking the beauty of Venice, this is a novel about premonition for the future and the war it portends, about death and memory, and also about an unexpected love between two old friends. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xPeace|vFiction. 650 0 British|zItaly|vFiction. 650 0 Divorced men|vFiction. 650 0 Friendship|vFiction. 650 0 Diplomats|vFiction. 651 0 Venice (Italy)|vFiction. 655 7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 655 7 Love stories.|2gsafd 700 1 Vance, Simon. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 10027178?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ bsa_9781455105939_180.jpeg