Using a number of shifting perspectives - wives and husbands, friends and lovers, masters and servants, and a gravedigger's son - this novel follows the fortunes of two families in the first years of the 20th century.
Luciana Pugliese Book order (chronological)




Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in 17th century Holland, obtains her first job as a servant in Vermeer's household. She loves being drawn into his artistic life, but the cost to her own survival may be high.
The Bloody Countess
- 154 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Elizabeth Bathory genuinely believed that only by constant bathing in virgins' blood would she be able to retain her waning youthful good looks. Through her position of supreme, absolute power she was able to procure an endless number of victims.
Il Battello a Vapore - 40: Anni di cane
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Ogni anno di un cane è paragonabile a sette anni dell'uomo. Tanto lunghi sembrano a Case Hill i suoi anni di scuola, che non passano mai. Per fortuna riesce a inserire nel giornalino scolastico un fumetto di sua creazione. Ma quel fumetto, per colpa del bullo della scuola, sarà la fonte di innumerevoli guai..