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Author Howard, Kate, author.

Title The ornatrix / Kate Howard.

Publication Info. New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2016.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION HOWARD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-HOWARD    Check Shelf
Description 300 pages ; 24 cm
Summary A young woman born with a strange birthmark on her face leaves her sheltered childhood and becomes hairdresser and personal maid to a former courtesan who draws her into a world of desire and jealousy lurking behind the wealth and privilege of Perugia.
Born with a strange birthmark on her face, Flavia is alienated even from her family. She leaves her sheltered childhood and becomes an ornatrix, a hairdresser and personal maid to a former courtesan. Ghostanza draws her into a world of desire and jealousy lurking behind the wealth and privilege of Perugia. In a society where admiration is everything and perfection is the ultimate, elusive goal, Flavia soon finds beauty in her grasp in the form of the poisonous but stunning white lead cerussa. What lengths will she go to, to leave her marked face behind?
Subject Birthmarks -- Fiction.
Perugia (Italy) -- History -- 16th century -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Chronological Term 1500-1599
Subject Birthmarks. (OCoLC)fst00833289
Italy -- Perugia. (OCoLC)fst01204299
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Howard, Kate. Ornatrix London : Duckworth Overlook, 2016 9780715650974
ISBN 9781468313826
1468313827
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