Death And The Trumpets Of Tuscany (U) - Hardcover
Hazel Wynn Jones, herself a continuity girl during the 'fifties, has drawn on her own experience and her knowledge of Italy to create a first class novel as delightful as it is exciting. To the normal chaos of film-making in Rome in the boom years of the fifties, an explosive mixture of different nationalities had been assembled by the producer-director for THE TRUMPETS OF TUSCANY. The cast list also included a guest star, uninvited and unwelcome, whose name was Death. The first time Death struck was in Venice, and is victim was one of the stars. Yet the business of film-making went on until the final spectacular scene, when themurderer was dramatically revealed.
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Jones's career in films authenticates her intoxicating story, centered on Emma Shaw, a script supervisor on a medieval epic being filmed in Venice and Siena during the 1950s. Director Karl ("the Snarl") drives his crew and the traditional "cast of thousands" with no letup even after the star, Stella Camay, is murdered. With the help of assistant director Hal Halliwell and his aide Marco, Emma copes as further crises threaten the production. Replacing Stella, ethereally lovely Ariadne Andros joins her handsome young husband Leonidas, a worry to the still-attractive but quite older leading man, a suspect when Leonidas dies accidentally. The killer remains unknown until the last minute of this beautifully written mystery, outstanding for Jones's insider's views on the art of movie-making and the international personalities involved. In addition to the tension of the ingenious plot, the novel is enhanced by Jones's expertly evolved settings: a Venetian canal, the moonlit Torre Mangia in Siena and, above all, the wild Palio , the festival held annually in the Sienese campo since the 14th century.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherUlverscroft
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 070892879X
- ISBN 13 9780708928790
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages352
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