The Birth of Venus
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780812968972
Subjects: Historical - General; Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction / General; General
First sentence: LOOKING BACK NOW, I SEE IT MORE AS AN ACT OF PRIDE than kindness that my father brought the young painter back with him from the North that spring.