Set in a city of merchants and workers, sailors and kings, the privileged and the poor, The Filigree Master’s Apprentice is a story of resilience, friendship, and a young man’s search for the person he wants to become.

Portugal, October 1877: When 17-year-old Henrique is offered a job in Porto, he jumps at the opportunity to escape his harsh life among the vineyards of a Port wine estate. Behind him is a searing betrayal he wants to forget. Ahead is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work in the elegant shop of a goldsmith in a city that’s preparing to inaugurate a magnificent iron bridge over the Douro River.

In Porto, though, the welcome he receives is far from friendly. As he struggles to make the city his own, he explores its sinuous streets, rubbing shoulders with mapmakers and rabble-rousers, and begins to learn the delicate art of filigree-making. Until an acquaintance from his past appears, dredging up old accusations of thievery and threatening all he's built...

About the Author

Jeannine is the author of two books of historical fiction that take place in Portugal. The Filigree Master's Apprentice was first published in Portuguese translation as O Rapaz do Douro by Marcador / Editorial Presen�a. Her first novel, Rossio Square N.� 59 - published by Casa das Letras / LeYa in Portuguese under the title Pra�a do Rossio, N.� 59 - takes place in Lisbon during WWII.

Before moving to Portugal, Jeannine Johnson Maia worked as a journalist in Belgium and Washington, D.C.; served as a press specialist at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels; studied in the United States and Italy; taught English in France; and lived in Cape Verde.

She has a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Policy from the University of Virginia (U.S.), a Master's degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (U.S.), and a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Lancaster University (U.K.). Jeannine lives in Vila Nova de Gaia, near Porto, a city she finds irresistibly photogenic.

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