What could be worse than the death of a loved one? Only burning, unlimited unknown.
The trace of Celia Lamprin was lost in the harem of the Turkish Sultan. Having lost all hope, her groom, the English merchant Paul Pindar, went to Venice, and now he is a burner of life, a gambling player. Friends are trying to reason him, to save from bankruptcy, but he does not heed any arguments.
Once an unfortunate lover will learn about a big game in a new expensive casino. The prize is an incredible size and purity of diamonds, according to rumors, stolen by the Sultan.
Will Paul Pindar be able to win at the very fate? Or is this attempt – in fact, the last step into the abyss?
In the meantime, the sea throws a barely living woman with a chest baby on the Italian shore. She is silent all the time, but the saviors, the inhabitants of the poor fishing village, guess the real mermaid in her …
Author
Hikman Katie
Editor
Korchagin G.
Translator
Press Natalia
Publisher
Eksmo, 2012
Series
Book for all times
Genre
Modern foreign prose
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