There’s trickery of all kinds afoot in this sprightly murder mystery with an artistic and historical background. Bianca, the youngest apprentice of the great painter Annunzio di Lombardi, loves learning her skills by watching the master. When he collapses suddenly after drinking a cup of wine Bianca is sure that there is something afoot.
How Bianca and Marco, the young tumbler who helps her, uncover the secrets of the painter and the plots against him is a glorious escapade ending in a flying adventure and the unmasking of the counterfeit duchess.
A Piece of Passion from Emily Thomas, Publisher Imagine an Italy where Casanova wanders the cobbled streets and Leonardo da Vinci sips wine next to a Venetian bridge. And then imagine a plucky twelve-year-old heroine called Bianca - a painter's assistant - who lives in La Luminosa: a place very like Venice, but enriched by magic and dark secrets - not to mention a dangerous underworld.
Bianca is the best kind of heroine - the unwitting kind. The kind that was minding her own business thank-you-very-much until trouble came knocking on her door. In this, the first of a fabulous three-part adventure, Bianca bravely goes in search of a possible killer, and uncovers some startling and dangerous truths in the corridors of the royal palace...
It's a perfect, gripping adventure with a female lead to truly admire. Just don't try to visit La Luminosa yourself, you'll get lost finding it...
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for The Disappearing Duchess a small number of members were lucky enough to be invited to review this title. Here's a taster....'A captivating and magical tale to get lost in. A realistic story highlighted with fantasy moments of brilliance where the impossible somehow becomes possible.' Liam Pickering
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Twelve-year-old Bianca feels like the luckiest girl in Venice. She's apprenticed to the most famous painter in the world - Annunzio di Lombardi - and she's learning all the tricks of the trade in the most glamorous and powerful place in the city: the Duchess' Palace. But one night disaster strikes.
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Twelve-year-old Bianca feels like the luckiest girl in Venice. She's apprenticed to the most famous painter in the world - Annunzio di Lombardi - and she's learning all the tricks of the trade in the most glamorous and powerful place in the city: the Duchess' Palace.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Disappearing Duchess and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Disappearing Duchess features in the following genres: Books Reviewed by our Reader Review Panels, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Disappearing Duchess was written by Imogen Rossi and published by Hot Key Books
Disappearing Duchess has 202 pages
Yes it is part of The Last Apprentice series
