The wedding : an encounter with Jan van Eyck / Elizabeth M. Rees.
By: Rees, Elizabeth M.
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BookSeries: Art encounters. Publisher: New York : Watson-Guptill, 2005Description: 226 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0823004074.Subject(s): Arranged marriage -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Courts and courtiers -- Fiction | Spies -- Fiction | Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 -- Fiction | Artists -- Fiction | Europe -- History -- 15th century -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Marriage -- Fiction | Father-daughter relationship -- Fiction | Courts and courtiers -- Fiction | Spy stories | Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440 -- Fiction | Artists -- Fiction | Europe -- History -- Fiction | Historical fictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: In 1433, fourteen-year-old Giovanna Cenami falls in love with a mysterious stranger employed by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, but when she defies her father, refuses to marry a wealthy family friend, and elopes with her love, herreputation, her family's honor, and her very life are at stake.
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In 1433, fourteen-year-old Giovanna Cenami falls in love with a mysterious stranger employed by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, but when she defies her father, refuses to marry a wealthy family friend, and elopes with her love, herreputation, her family's honor, and her very life are at stake.
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