title: The Sword of Venice: Book Two of The Venetians
author:  Thomas Quinn 
description: The second installment in Quinn's planned Venetians trilogy (after <i>The Lion of St. Mark</i>) chronicles the continuing adventures of two leading Venetian families of the Renaissance: the Zianis and the Soranzos. Patriarchs Antonio Ziani and Giovanni Soranzo thought that the generations-old feud between their aristocratic clans was finally ending, but Soranzo's adopted son Enrico had learned to hate the Zianis and refuses to relent. Enrico especially hates Antonio's son Constantine, who had won fame fighting the Turks. So when the beautiful Maria Mocenigodaughter of a high-ranking senatorrejects Enrico for Constantine, Enrico hires a greedy assassin to kill his rival. Meanwhile, the Venetians negotiate a peace treaty with the Turks only to be attacked by a league of Italian states unhappy with the terms of the Venetian treaty. Exhausted and vulnerable, the Venetians gamble on a risky naval attack that brings the Zianis and Soranzos, at once allies and rivals, into the climactic battle. Quinn's research shows in his grasp of historical detail and local color, but the pacing is uneven, the characters are parchment thin, and the plot contains few surprises. <i>(Dec.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  PRELUDE.
  
  
  Chapter I. The Unexpected Happens.
  
  
  Chapter II. Across Two Oceans.
  
  
  Chapter III. In Beautiful Florence.
  
  
  Chapter IV. A New Friend Appears.
  
  
  Chapter V. Straws Show which Way the Wind Blows.
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter VI. Lucile Sherman.
  
  
  Chapter VII. A Startling Disclosure.
  
  
  Chapter VIII. Howard's Questionings.
  
  
  Chapter IX. The Coming-out Party.
  
  
  Chapter X. The Mystery Unfolds to Howard.
  
  
  Chapter XI. On the Way to Rome.
  
  
  Chapter XII. Robert Sumner Fights a Battle.
  
  
  Chapter XIII. Cupid Laughs.
  
  
  Chapter XIV. A Visit to the Sistine Chapel.
  
  
  Chapter XV. A Morning in the Vatican.
  
  
  Chapter XVI. Poor Barbara's Trouble.
  
  
  Chapter XVII. Robert Sumner is Imprudent.
  
  
  Chapter XVIII. In Venice.
  
  
  Chapter XIX. In a Gondola.
  
  
  Chapter XX. Return from Italy.
  
  
  
  
  
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