The Day Laid on the Altar

Published
Jul 2001
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Literary Literary
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224

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A fictional account of the lives of sixteenth-century Italian artisans, artists, and peasants explores their different responses to similiar life-and-death experiences as they deal with the demands of fame, family, and art against the backdrop of a plague devastating the region. Winner of the Bakeless Fiction Prize. Reprint.

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First Edition Jul 2001 Penguin ISBN 0452282578
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Hardcover
Jun 2000 Ebury Publishing (UK) ISBN 1584650443
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