The Venetian's wife : a strangely sensual tale of a Renaissance explorer, a computer, and a metamorphosis

Bestselling author Nick Bantock's newest illustrated novel is part love story, part mystery, and part ghostly tale-and an altogether bewitching brew of sensuality and lost treasures. Sara Wolfe is thoroughly bored with her job at the local museum. She heads to the gallery to take another look at a new drawing, the one she can't stop thinking about, of the Hindu god Shiva. That's when it all begins. The next day, an e-mail message brings her a job...