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The ornatrix by kate howard2/16/2023 ![]() Rich in description and character, Kate Howard’s stunning debut novel is painted against a vivid historical landscape with themes and characters relevant today, tackling issues of belonging, female identity, and the perception of beauty. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Ornatrix. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. And Flavia is drawn into a world of desire and jealousy that has devastating consequences. The Ornatrix - Ebook written by Kate Howard. But as white-lead paint rots the flesh below it, so Perugia, and Santa Guiliana, is rotting below the shimmer of wealth and privilege. Flavia becomes her ornatrix: her hairdresser and personal maid. The Ornatrix:. ![]() Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There she meets Ghostanza, a courtesan-turned-widow, whose white-lead painted face entrances Flavia, and whose beauty is matched only by her cruelty. Buy The Ornatrix by Kate Howard (ISBN: 9780715650974) from Amazons Book Store. The official Junior Novelisation of The LEGO (R) MOVIE 2 (TM). Flavia finds herself at the convent of Santa Giuliana, just outside the city walls of Perugia. ![]() But on the night before her younger sister’s wedding, Flavia does something drastic, something that will draw her into a much wider and stranger world than she could have imaged from her secluded family cottage. A cloth dyer’s daughter, she grows up in a little house in the woods where her mother–ashamed of her mark–can keep her far away from prying eyes. In this beautifully written debut, novelist Kate Howard proves herself to be a talent to watch, spinning a striking historical yarn packed with suspense and period detail worthy of Kate Mosse, Jessie Burton, or Tracy Chevalier.įlavia was born with a birthmark covering her face, in the shape of a bird in flight.
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