Jan van Huysum (Dutch

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The Glassmaker: A Novel Official Catalog Jan van Huysum (DutchFrom the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance era Italy to the present day. It is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers on Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glassbut she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father