The Book of Human Skin - Michelle Lovric by Michelle Lovric
1784, Venice. Miniguillo Fasan claws his way out of his mothers womb. The magnicent Palazzo Espagnol, built on New World drugs and silver, has an heir. Twelve years later Minguillo uncovers a threat to his inheritance: a sister. His jealousy will condemn her to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But she is not alone - aided by an irascible portrait-painter, a doctor obsessed with skin, and a cigar-smoking nun - Marcella pits her own erce heart against Minguillo.
Novel
The Book of Human Skin - Michelle Lovric
3.9(2,326 ratings)
Category: Novel
Narrator: Charlotte Strevens
Tags: Novel, Historical Fiction, Adults, Literature
1784, Venice. Miniguillo Fasan claws his way out of his mothers womb. The magnicent Palazzo Espagnol, built on New World drugs and silver, has an heir. Twelve years later Minguillo uncovers a threat to his inheritance: a sister. His jealousy will condemn her to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But she is not alone - aided by an irascible portrait-painter, a doctor obsessed with skin, and a cigar-smoking nun - Marcella pits her own erce heart against Minguillo.
