{"product_id":"venetian-exile-robert-elwood-burns-9798472187190","title":"Venetian Exile: Book One: The Adventures of Baltasar Albueno","description":"Baltasar Albueno (1480-1550) is the illegitimate, but only, son of a noble Spanish father and a Moorish slave girl. He is sent off to Venice with a potentially lethal family secret, a gentleman's education, divided religious loyalties, no inheritance, and a missing foreskin. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Turks, North African pirates, a corrupt and expansionist papacy, and the emerging nation states of France, Spain, and Portugal are all threatening the well-being of the Venetian trading empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA harried Venetian spymaster sees where the young man's true talents lie and recruits him as a secret agent. Baltasar - hand-reared, home-schooled, pampered, and trusting - is thrown into an unforgiving world of intrigue and warfare. He quickly makes the acquaintance of a cadre of other colorful outsiders: a young nobleman and gifted swordsman with sodomite tendencies, a converted Jew and brothel owner with literary aspirations, a lovely and erudite nun of noble lineage, and an ambitious teenage courtesan who becomes his friend and confident. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unsentimental tale of love and adventure about a young man who aspires to be good in a world that will make him pay for such hubris.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Elwood Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798472187190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Robert Elwood Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424705003775,"sku":"9798472187190","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c1c4640-a909-40bc-8049-4ff989e01e27.jpg?v=1761531971","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/venetian-exile-robert-elwood-burns-9798472187190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}