Abigail of Venice Russell Leigh
Abigail of Venice Russell Leigh A sixteenth-century Jewish woman flees persecution and an abusive marriage in this historical saga from "a brilliant talent" (Jeffery Deaver).When soldiers attack the…
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Abigail of Venice Russell Leigh
A sixteenth-century Jewish woman flees persecution and an abusive marriage in this historical saga from "a brilliant talent" (Jeffery Deaver).When soldiers attack the inhabitants of a Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Lithuania, Abigail manages to escape both the attack and her abusive husband, Reuven. Believing Reuven is dead, Abigail falls in love with her widowed neighbour, Daniel. She travels over land and sea to Venice, where she settles in another ghetto.
Abigail hopes she has finally seen the last of him, but he returns to Venice, and Abigail fears she will never be free of him . . But before Abigail and Daniel announce their betrothal, her violent husband reappears.Reuven is arrested for drunken brawling and sentenced to slavery in the galleys. .From the Dagger Award finalist and acclaimed author of the Geraldine Steel novels, Abigail of