Product Details
Gallery Books, February 2008
Trade Paperback, 480 pages
ISBN-10: 1416527389
ISBN-13: 9781416527381
The Rossetti Letter is a vibrant and richly imagined debut novel, weaving together the stories of two dynamic women: a highly-educated seventeenth century Venetian courtesan and the contemporary historian researching her fate.
"Reading Christi Phillips's lush, beautifully written novel is like enjoying a sumptuous meal in the Venice it describes with such loving detail. You want to savor every moment."
"Christi Phillips's sexy and suspenseful novel makes you want to hop on the next flight to Venice, book in hand. Reading it is like a visit to that sensual city."
"Saucy...nicely told...An amiable first effort sure to appeal to many fans of the genre."
"With impeccable research into seventeenth-century Venetian politics...an intriguing literary suspense debut novel...an entertaining story with intrigue, espionage, and romance."