{"product_id":"book-dh1t","title":"The Lost Diary of Venice","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Enchanting from the first page.”—Sarah Jio,\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Flowers in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the wake of her father’s death, Rose Newlin finds solace in her work as a book restorer. Then, one rainy Connecticut afternoon, a struggling painter appears at her door. William Lomazzo brings with him a sixteenth-century treatise on art, which Rose quickly identifies as a palimpsest: a document written over a hidden diary that had purposely been scraped away. Yet the restoration sparks an unforeseen challenge when William—a married man—and Rose experience an instant, unspoken attraction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive centuries earlier, Renaissance-era Venetians find themselves at the mercy of an encroaching Ottoman fleet preparing for a bloody war. Giovanni Lomazzo, a portrait artist grappling with tragedy, discovers that his vision is fading with each passing day. Facing the possibility of a completely dark world, Gio begins to document his every encounter, including what may be his final artistic feat: a commission to paint the enchanting courtesan of one of Venice’s most powerful military commanders. Soon, however, Gio finds himself enraptured by a magnificent forbidden love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spellbound by Gio’s revelations, Rose and William are soon forced to confront the reality of their own mystifying connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richly detailed page-turner shadowed by one of history’s darkest times, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Diary of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a heartbreakingly vivid portrait of two vastly different worlds—and two tales of entrancing, unrelenting love.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326859518256,"sku":"BDdh1t","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/537754-dh1t-Square.jpg?v=1733665875","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dh1t","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}